Exclusions From Intermediate Consumption
Excluded from intermediate consumption in the UNSNA system are:
- The value of the depreciation of fixed assets.
- valuables bought by enterprises such as works of art, precious metals and stones, ornaments and jewellery.
- Major renovations, reconstructions, or enlargements of existing fixed assets enhancing their efficiency or capacity, or prolonging their expected working lives.
- Military weapons such as rockets, missiles and their warheads which are actually used in fighting, and military machinery and equipment of the same type as that used by civil establishments for non-military purposes (the 2008 UNSNA revision changes the definitions somewhat).
- Collective services provided by the public sector (the provision of transport facilities, security, etc.).
- Expenditures on mineral exploration.
- Social transfers provided by government to households.
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