Definition: Kind-of-activity unit (KAU)

Category: SNA

Enterprise, or part of an enterprise, that engages in only one kind of productive activity or in which the principal productive activity accounts for most of the value added (SNA 2008, § 5.12).

Enterprise, or part of an enterprise, which engages in only one kind of (non-ancillary) productive activity or in which the principal productive activity accounts for most of the value added (SNA 1993, § 5.19). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SNA2008.pdf United Nations, System of National Accounts (SNA) 1993, United Nations, New York, 1993
Source:
European Commission (Eurostat), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations (Statistics Division), World Bank, "System of National Accounts 2008", United Nations, New York, 2009
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