Use Table
Definition
The Use Table (or Use Matrix) shows the use of goods and services by product and by type of use for intermediate consumption by industry, final consumption expenditure (final demand), gross capital formation or exports.
The use table also shows the components of gross value added by industry for compensation of employees, other taxes less subsidies on production, consumption of fixed capital, and net operating surplus. The costs of production are shown in the columns of the use table for each industry.
Usage
The Total Output of an industry at basic prices corresponds to the total output of an industry as reported in the supply table.
If the industry output is given and the intermediate consumption of products determined in the use table, value added of an industry can be estimated as a residual variable.
However, if the main components of value added (compensation of employees, other net taxes on production, consumption of fixed capital) are given, net operating surplus is treated as the final residual variable.
In the use table, Total Output and value added are recorded at basic price.
References
- Eurostat SUT Manual
