METODOLOGY NOTES
Business Registers hold all legal unit, all enterprises carrying on economic activities contributing to the gross domestic product (GDP), and their local unit.
Legislative base
The variables of Business Registers
- Identification variables ID number (NIPT), Legal form, Ownership, Name, Address, Communication (Tel, Mobile, Email, Web etc.)
- Stratification variables (Main economic activity, Size by employed, Geographical location, Institutional sector).
- Demographic variables (Date of creation, Date of cessation).
Sources for updating
Administrative sources
- Information from National Registration of Business (NRB);
- Information from General Directory of Taxation(GDT);
- VAT file
- Annual account of enterprises.
Statistical sources
- Business Register Survey;
- Annual Structure Survey, SBS;
- Quarterly survey, STS;
- Production Price survey, PPI;
- Other surveys.
Updated variables
- Activity status (active or inactive);
- Main economic activity;
- Size by employed;
- Address;
- Communication variables (telephone, mobile phone, e-mail, etc...).
Definitions
Legal unit
Legal unit is not direct statistical unit. Legal unit can be:
- Legal person, whose existence is recognized by law independently of the individuals or institutions which may own or are members of him;
- Physical person, who is engaged in an economic activity in its own right.
Enterprise
An enterprise is: "the smallest combination of legal units that is an organisational unit producing goods or services which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations (local unit)".
The relationship between an enterprise and a legal unit is therefore defined as: “the enterprise corresponds either to a legal unit or to a combination of legal units”.
Local unit
The local unit is an enterprise or part thereof (e.g. a workshop, factory, warehouse, office, mine or depot) situated in a geographically identified place. At or from this place economic activity is carried out for which - save for certain exceptions - one or more persons work (even if only part-time) for one and the same enterprise.
Enterprises economic activity is based on Nomenclatures for Economic Activities, NACE Rev.2.
The classification of Economic Activities (NACE) is a four-digit classification performed by different subjects. The classification in Albania is adopted by Government Decision No. 320, date 28.05.2014 and is the translation and adoption of Classification of Economic Activities of European Union, NACE Rev.2.
Size of enterprises
Size of enterprises is determined by number of employed:
- Enterprise with 1 to 4 employed classified as micro-enterprises;
- Enterprise with 5 to 9 employed classified as small enterprises;
- Enterprise with 10 to 49 employed classified as medium enterprises;
- Enterprise with 50 and more employed classified as big enterprises;
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS II
Albania territory is dividing in three regions based on prefectures:
Region I: Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë, Shkodër;
Region II: Elbasan, Tiranë;
Region III: Berat, Fier, Gjirokastër, Korçë, Vlorë.
Farmers registered since 2014 are identified by unique code (NIPT) and Enforcement the specific scheme compensation for purposes of agricultural producers of Value Added Tax.
Based on Census 2011 data average size of the household declined is 3.9 members. Considering that the farmers work mainly as family business is evaluated and reported to include in size 1-4 employed.
