The Industrial Production Survey (PRODCOM) is an annual survey, which purpose is to collect and produce statistics on the production and sale of industrial products carried out by enterprises in the Republic of Albania. The industrial product term refers to both products that have a physical dimension and industrial services.

PRODCOM survey covers all active enterprises which operate in Mining and quarrying and Manufacturing, respectively  sections B and C of the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Union (NACE Rev. 2). This survey is based on a statistical classification (Prodcom List) containing about 3800 different types of products. The Prodcom list is detailed at the 8-digit level and is used in European Union countries. Industrial products at an 8-digit level do not necessarily represent all the amount of industrial products produced at economic activity level.

Structural business statistics are published according to the European Commission regulations:

• EU regulation 2019/2152on European business statistics (EBS);
• EU implementing regulation 2020/1197on technical specifications and arrangements for European business statistics;
• Classification of PRODCOM (Prodcom List) which is created through a separate Implementing Regulation.

Definitions of basic variables:

Actual production (in units of measurement as defined in the Prodcom List) refers to the production produced by the enterprise during the reference year.

Sold production (in units of measurement as defined in the Prodcom List) refers to the production produced by the enterprise during a certain period of time and sold during the reference year, regardless the time of production.

Sales Value refers to the invoiced amount from the sale of industrial products during the reference year, excluding value added tax.