A&L

Assets and liabilities

AES

The Annual Enterprise Survey (AES) is an annual overview of the economy that provides data for financial performance and financial position by broad industry groups.

ANZIND

ANZIND is an ANZSIC-based classification used to group industries for publication.

ANZSIC

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) is a hierarchical four-level classification for industries, comprising divisions (the broadest level), subdivisions, groups and classes.

ANZSCO

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is a hierarchical classification with five levels (major group, sub–major group, minor group, unit group and group).

A/S/T

Actual/Seasonally adjusted/Trend

Actual series contain the survey results before seasonal and irregular components are removed.

Seasonal adjustment aims to eliminate the impact of regular seasonal events (such as annual cycles in agricultural production, winter, or annual holidays) on time series. This makes the data for adjacent months more comparable.

Trend series have had both seasonal and irregular components removed. Trend series reveal the underlying direction of movement in a series, and are likely to indicate turning points more accurately than are seasonally adjusted series.

BPM5, BPM4

The balance of payments is a statistical statement that records the transactions of one country with the rest of the world. New Zealand's balance of payments statistics are compiled using principles laid down in the fifth edition of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Balance of Payments Manual (BPM5). BPM4 refers to the fourth edition of the Balance of Payments Manual.

CIF

CCost including Insurance and Freight (CIF) is the value declared by the importer to Customs. It represents the Free on Board (FOB) cost at foreign ports, plus shipping and insurance.

Imports are all material goods which enter New Zealand from abroad and are valued 'CIF' (cost, insurance and freight) and 'VFD' (value for duty). The CIF value is the cost to the importer of buying the goods and bringing them to the wharfside in New Zealand.

CLPR

The country of last permanent residence (CLPR) is the country where a person last lived for 12 months or more.

CNPR

The country of next permanent residence (CNPR) is the country where a person next intends to live for 12 months or more.

CPI

The Consumers Price Index (CPI) is used to measure the changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by New Zealand households over a period of time.

This change in prices is sometimes referred to as inflation.

CSV

Comma separated variable (CSV) refers to a comma delimited text file format.

DF

The de facto (DF) population estimates the number of people in a given area at a particular time. It includes overseas visitors and excludes those that normally live there, but were away at that time.

Discontinued series (DISC)

Discontinued series are tables or time series that are no longer updated.

FOB

Exports are all material goods which leave New Zealand for other countries and are valued free on board (FOB). The FOB value is the current market value of goods in the country of origin, including all costs necessary to get them on board the ship or aircraft. It excludes freight, insurance and other costs involved in transporting goods between countries.

FTE

The term full time equivalent employees (FTE) is defined as the number of full time employees plus half the number of part time employees, where full time is defined as working 30 hours or more per week.

GDE

Gross domestic expenditure (GDE) is the total value of spending on goods and services within New Zealand. To calculate GDE, spending on exports must be subtracted from GDP (since such spending occurs in the rest of the world); and spending on imports must be added to GDP (since such spending occurs within New Zealand, but is not included in GDP).

GDP

Gross domestic product (GDP) represents the country's income earned from production in New Zealand. It includes income from production carried out by New Zealanders and by foreign firms operating within New Zealand.

Geographic unit (GEO)

In the business survey context, a geographic unit (GEO) is a separate operating unit engaged in New Zealand in one, or predominately one, kind of economic activity from a single physical location or base.

GFCF

Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) is a measure of the net new investment by producers on durable real assets, such as buildings, motor vehicles, plant and machinery, roading, and improvements to land. In measuring the outlays, sales of similar goods are deducted. Land is excluded from gross fixed capital formation.

GNP

Gross national product (GNP) is the income accruing within a given period to New Zealand residents from their services in supplying factors of production in New Zealand and overseas, plus net indirect taxes, and before the deduction of allowances for the consumption of fixed capital.

GST

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced on 1 October 1986 and is imposed on all goods and services supplied in New Zealand, other than exempt supply.

HOTP

The Statistics New Zealand Hot Off The Press (HOTP) publications provide commentary and statistical data on almost every topic that Statistics New Zealand collects information on. These information releases provide the first release of the latest statistics.

HS

The Harmonised System is a hierarchical classification for imported and exported commodities. Goods are assigned a numeric HS code according to their end use, for example, shoes are classified as 'footwear' rather than 'items made of leather'. The same HS codes are used for both imports and exports.

The classification comprises 98 chapters (2 digit), 1228 headings (4 digit), 5,059 sub–headings (6 digit) and approximately 13,500 items (10 digit).

IIP

International investment position (IIP) is a statistical statement of

(i) the value and composition of the stock of an economy's financial assets, or the economy's claims on the rest of the world, and

(ii) the value and composition of the stock of an economy's liabilities to the rest of the world.

Index

An index is a measure of changes in prices, volumes or money values over time. More specifically, an index is a weighted average of the price ratios of selected goods, services, commodities or financial assets measured over time.

IPD

Internal public debt (IPD) is the level of internal New Zealand public debt.

LF

The labour force (LF) includes people aged 15 years and over who regularly work for one or more hours per week for financial gain, work without pay in a family business, or are unemployed and actively seeking part-time or full-time work.

LFS

Labour Force Status classifies people aged 15 years and over according to their inclusion or exclusion from the labour force and includes employed, unemployed and not in the labour force.

NZSCO

The New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations is a hierarchical classification with five levels (major group, sub–major group, minor group, unit group and occupation). This classification has been superseded by ANZSCO..

NZSIC

The New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification was replaced by ANZSIC, the Australia New Zealand Standard Industry Classification, in 1993.

Re-exports

Re-exports record goods brought into New Zealand and exported without a 'substantial transformation'. The yardstick for measuring 'substantial transformation' is '50 percent value added' and above that level, the goods are classified as domestic exports. Trans-shipment goods are not included. Goods that are re-exported will have previously figured in some form in the import statistics.

Regional council

Established in 1989, regional councils cover every territorial authority in New Zealand with the exception of the Chatham Islands Territory.

There are 16 regions. The geographical boundaries of regions conform as far as possible to one or more water catchments. The seaward boundary of the regions is the 12-mile (19.3km) New Zealand territorial limit. In determining regions, consideration was also given to regional communities of interest, natural resource management, land use planning, and environmental matters.

Search file (.sch)

A file containing a list of series identifiers that allows you to retrieve the same information on a regular basis. A new search file can be created when searching using 'Look for time series identifier' option and then selecting the 'Search file (.sch)' download option from the dropdown list. Existing search files created using INFOS can also be used. Please note: Search files should not contain wildcard characters for example '*' or '+'. Maximum allowed 100.

Series, Time series

A time series is a sequence of data points, measured typically at successive times, spaced at (often uniform) time intervals.

SITC

The Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) is an output classification (using HS codes at the 6-digit level as building blocks), designed by the United Nations as an analytical tool for economic analysis.

SNA

The System of National Accounts (SNA) is an international standard for an accounting framework to analyse and compare important economic variables over time.

Table

A table is a set of data arranged in rows and columns.

Table query file (.tqx)

A saved Infoshare table that can be re run using 'Load query'.

Territorial authority (TA)

There are a total of 73 territorial authorities (15 cities and 58 districts) in New Zealand. In determining territorial authorities, consideration was given to the 'community of interest', the size of the community, the relevance of the components of the community to each other and the capacity of the unit to service the community in an efficient manner.

TFJ

Total filled jobs (TFJ) is a survey estimate of all full-time and part-time paid employees, plus working proprietors in businesses that have paid employees.

Time series identifier

A Statistics New Zealand time series identifier is a database identifier for a type of statistic produced by Statistics New Zealand and includes the time frequency at which the statistic is produced. Series identifiers may have up to 20 characters - for example, TIMM.SCXBR0901110000Q. Characters in the identifier are:

• 1-3: Data type (e.g. TIM=Imports)
• 4: Frequency (e.g. M=monthly)
• 5: Delimiter (".")
• 6: Separator
• 7-8: Code level identifier (e.g. CX=10 digit)
• 9-10: Country code (e.g. BR=Brazil)
• 11-20: 10 digit item code (This could be 2, 4, 6, 10 or none)
• 21: Observation (e.g. Q=Quantity)

Urban area (UA)

Urban areas are statistically defined areas with no administrative or legal basis, and are divided into main, secondary and minor urban areas. Main and secondary urban areas are centred on a major city or borough and include neighbouring boroughs, town districts and parts of counties which are regarded as suburban and belonging to that centre of population.

Together, the populations in main, secondary and minor urban areas comprise the statistically defined 'urban' population of New Zealand. The urban area classification is designed to identify concentrated urban or semi-urban settlements without the distortions of administrative boundaries.

VFD

Imports are all material goods which enter New Zealand from abroad and are valued 'VFD' (value for duty) and 'CIF' (cost, insurance and freight). VFD is the value on which customs duty is based. It equates approximately with the free on board (FOB) cost of the goods in the exporting country.