Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics describe manufacturers' sales of goods measured in terms of volume and value by detailed types of goods. In addition to this, sales are distributed by industries (NACE groups). The variables for the statistics are documented at the homepage of Statistics Denmark.

Classification system

Goods are classified according to the CN, the Combined Nomenclature and to SITC, Standard International Trade Classification. For submission to Eurostat, data are converted from CN to Prodcom codes using the key between the two lists of commodities. Industrial activity is classified according to Dansk Branchekode 2025, which is the Danish national classification based on NACE rev. 2.1

Sector coverage

Mining and quarrying (B) and manufacturing (C) in Dansk Branchekode 2025. Exemptions are units in 10.71.20 (Production of fresh bakery products) and 32.11.00 (Striking of coins). Units in 10.71.20 are retrailers with own bakeries, which is included in the Retail trade index. 32.11.00 only includes the Royal Danish Mint, which has a special role and is not considered part of the regular business sector.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Industrial sales: Sales or invoice value at current prices, excluding VAT. All sales are included, regardless if its to domestic and export markets.

Good manufactured in-house: Good that is extracted, produced, processed or assembled by the reporting enterprise. Own goods are also products manufactured by a subcontractor, if the reporting enterprise owns the inputs for the subcontracted manufacturing. Good for resale are not included.

Good for resale: Good that are bought and sold without any processing. Repackaging does not constitute processing.

Contract work for other enterprise: Work done for another enterprise, which owns the input for the manufacturing work.

Statistical unit

The unit for the tables by commodity code is the good/product/commodity. The tables with industrial classification are based on kind of activity unit. A kind of activity unit consists of all local units within an enterprise that has the same industrial classification. In most cases the enterprise is the same as the kind of activity unit, but for specially large enterprises with activities in several industries the kind of activity unit will be a subdivision of the enterprise. Due to this turnover is divided differently among industries than in statistics based on the enterprise (the economic unit).

Statistical population

Kind of activity units (KAU's) with main activity in mining and quarrying or in manufacturing.

Reference area

The statistics cover enterprises in Denmark, excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland. In some cases, goods that are physically manufactured outside Denmark are included if they are produced by a subcontractor where the Danish enterprise owns the raw materials or the intellectual property rights to the product, also referred to as factoryless manufacturing.

If the Danish enterprise does not own the raw materials or the intellectual property rights, but leaves this to the subcontractor, the manufactured goods are instead classified as trading goods. The Danish enterprise is no longer classified as a manufacturing enterprise, but according to its remaining main activity in Denmark, for example wholesale trade or research and development.

Time coverage

The statistics cover the period from 2021 onwards. Data is collected the first time in 2025, and the years back to 2021 have been recalculated/reclassified to comply with Dansk Branchekode 2025. For earlier quarters and years covering the period 1995–2024, please refer to the archived tables: VARER, VARER1, VARER2S, VARER3, OMS5, and OMS6, which cover 1995–2024 and were compiled according to Dansk Branchekode 2007.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

Values of sales are collected and published as '1000 DKK' in StatBank Denmark. Quantities are collected and published in units linked to different commodity codes.

Reference period

The responding units report sales during the calendar year.

Frequency of dissemination

The statistics are released in yearly national publications. Prodcom data are submitted annually to Eurostat and published annually.

Legal acts and other agreements

Section 8 of the Act on Statistics Denmark. The Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 of 19 December 1991 (PRODCOM).

Cost and burden

The reporting burden for 2025 has been estimated at:

Approximately 1,500 hours Approximately 1.2 full-time equivalents (FTEs) Approximately DKK 750,000

Comment

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