The concept “industry” includes activities classified in the CZ-NACE classification under sections C – Mining and quarrying, D – Manufacturing and E – Electricity, gas and water supply, which are carried out by enterprise turning out industrial products of a similar economic purpose.

The basic reporting unit of industrial statistics is the enterprise whose principal activity is classified to divisions 10 - 41 of the CZ-NACE in force since 1 January 1992.

Data are obtained by the enterprise approach, i.e. for enterprises having their head office in the region concerned, including their establishments and plants situated in other regions. Due to a rather low degree of data relevance for the given region, the data are not further broken down into districts. A 100% survey was applied to the category of enterprises with 100 employees and more.

Industrial activity sales include sales of own goods and services of industrial nature to external customers, valued at current prices (enterprise accounts Nos. 601 and 602. VAT, consumer tax and customs duty are not included in the sales.

Employees in industry are given as actual persons. The average registered number of employees (in terms of actual persons) includes all permanent and temporary employees who have a contract of employment with the employer and receive wages from the employer for the work done. The average registered number of employees does not include e.g. women on maternity leave, temporary members of the armed forces (including persons on compulsory community service service, apprentices, students on practical training, persons working under contracts for work or of service, etc.

The average gross monthly wage per employee in industry is based on the wage bill (gross) (without deductions imposed by law or agreed upon with the employee), to be paid in the given period. The wage bill does not include funds paid from the other personnel expenses account. To calculate the average gross wage, the wages paid are divided by the average number of employees and the number of months in the reference period.

ENERGY

IInformation in the mining, quarrying and extraction, production, stocks, and consumption of fuels and energy in all industries of the national economy, which is needed for the compilation of the country’s balance of energy, is obtained by 100% survey using statistical questionnaires.

CONSTRUCTION

Construction comprises enterprises having their head offices in the area concerned, whose principal activity is construction (CZ-NACE 45) and which employ 20 employees and more.

Construction work of contractors and sub-contractors (the value “S”) comprises total output resulting from construction activities and accepted sub-deliveries of work done by other organisations. It includes neither sub-delivery to other construction work contractors nor deliveries of work implemented between units of one organisation. They data are reported excluding value added tax. Construction work of contractors and sub-contractors is broken down into work done in the CR and abroad. The former is broken down further by type of construction work (new construction, reconstruction and modernization, repairs and maintenance, and other construction work). The latter includes the volume of construction work implemented for the final user in a foreign country, including accepted sub-deliveries from other organisations.

Data on housing construction refer to the entire housing construction in the area (including all types of extensions) that results in new dwellings attained by all forms of construction). Dwellings arising from changes in the purpose of use without any prior construction modifications are not included. The number of dwellings includes dwellings located in constructions for housing as well as elsewhere. The data are obtained by the territorial approach and are relevant to territories of both regions and districts.

Constructions for housing are multi-dwelling buildings in which the function of housing prevails, plus family houses. The dwelling refers to one or more rooms designed for living by the planning authority and can serve the purpose of living as independent dwelling units. The dwellings started are dwellings, whose construction was started in the reference period, as laid down in the builder’s diary, irrespective of whether they were completed or not. The dwellings completed are dwellings approved for use by the planning authority, the approval taking effect in the reference period. Dwellings under construction are dwellings whose construction was started already (in the reference year or earlier), but not finished by the end of the reference period. The habitable floor area is the floor area of habitable rooms. The habitable room is a room directly lit and ventilated, of at least 8 m² in floor area, which can be directly or indirectly heated and which is designed for living all the year round.

Data on building permits are processed from figures reported on questionnaires submitted by individual planning authorities. The building permit pursuant to Article 66 of Act No. 83/1998 Coll., which amends Act No. 50/1976 Coll., on Planning and Construction Order (Construction Act), lays down binding conditions for the implementation and use of the construction. Estimated value of constructions comprises total costs (at current prices), including technology, spent on preparing and implementing the construction and on putting it into operation.

Environment protection refers to construction activities aimed to control water pollution, dispose of or use waste, reclaim land, and reduce impact of physical factor on the environment.

FIXED ASSETS

Data on fixed assets embrace all investors in the business sector except for enterprises up to 20 employees and individual entrepreneurs. In the non-business sector, the data refer to all businesses, as it is in financial intermediation. The tabulated data show investment construction broken by head office of the investor (enterprise approach, the CZ-NACE division being determined by the investor’s principal activity) and by territory of implementation – territorial breakdown of fixed assets..

Acquisition of tangible and intangible fixed assets refers to expenditure spent on procurement of tangible and intangible fixed assets by purchase, own activity (on own account) or of rights to use results of intellectual activity. It also includes the value of fixed assets acquired by free transfer and on financial leasing (at acquisition price). The expenditure does not include costs of assets low in value (CZK 40 000 and CZK 60 000 for tangible and intangible fixed assets, respectively), whose life does not exceed one year.