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Services
Services are the result of a production activity that changes the conditions of the consuming units, or facilitates the exchange of products or financial assets. Services are not generally separate items over which ownership rights can be established and cannot generally be separated from their production. Services include the following items:
a) Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others
b) Maintenance and repair services not included elsewhere (n.i.e.)
c) Transport
d) Travel
e) Construction
f) Insurance and pension services
g) Financial services
h) Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e.
i) Telecommunications, computer, and information services
j) Other business services
k) Personal, cultural and recreational services
l) Government goods and services n.i.e.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- IMF
Related concepts
- Delivery of goods to vessels
- Personal, cultural and recreational services
- Transport
- Direct leasing
- Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.
- Royalties and licence fees n.i.e.
- Public administration services n.i.e.
- Other business services
- Foreign trade in services
- Project deliveries
- Construction
- Telecommunication services
- Information services
- Computer services
- Research and development services
- Insurance and pension services
- Goods sent to Finland for processing charged to a foreign producer
Services are the result of a production activity that changes the conditions of the consuming units or facilitates the exchange of products or financial assets. Services are not generally separate items over which ownership rights can be established and cannot generally be separated from their production.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
- Delivery of goods to vessels
- Personal, cultural and recreational services
- Transport
- Direct leasing
- Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.
- Royalties and licence fees n.i.e.
- Public administration services n.i.e.
- Other business services
- Foreign trade in services
- Project deliveries
- Construction
- Telecommunication services
- Information services
- Computer services
- Research and development services
- Insurance and pension services
- Goods sent to Finland for processing charged to a foreign producer
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