Basic Characteristics of the Input-Output Table During 2004-2005 Compiled by: The Central Bank of Iran

Compiling and estimation of economic Input-Output tables are de facto deemed as main tools to construe the national accounts system in most of the countries. These tables are widely used for economic planning and can bestow de jure upon consistent underpinning to regulate and modify the national accounts of any country of the globe in toto. Nonetheless, a comprehensive view to statistical basis of real sector of the economy, particularly specifying the concrete distinction between the various economic sectors and manufacturing goods, always bears a significant priority for compiling the required data and conducting the Input-Output analysis per se. In this contexts, the role of economic activities as well as identifying the share of different manufacturing commodities and services in the consumer expenditures of both private and public sectors, fixed capital formation, exports and changes in the inventories are prominent issues which can be contemplated in details viz-a-viz Input-Output tables, Ipso facto. It is worth to note that concurrent to compiling the time series data for national accounts with the base year (2004-2005=100), the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran decided to construct the Input-Output tables for the 2004-2005, Sine qua non. Thus, in this paper an attempt is made to postulate prima facie the theoretical foundation of Input-Output tables and also propounds the distinguished characteristics of 2004-2005 tables in context to application of various axiomatic assumptions, causes of choosing the number of rows and columns for the supply and use tables, implementation of foremost proposals envisaged by SNA 1993 and SNA 2008 and other reliable sources and authorities and eventually estimating the original, back up and analytical tables, Sine qua non. Meanwhile, in these tables, we have compiled the necessary data for preparation of symmetric table, considering the hypothetical assumption for utilizing the required technology of miscellaneous undertakings evolved in the framework of 52 economic ventures, Sui generis.