Definition: Manufacturing

Category: United Nations terminology

Manufacturing is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials of components into new products, including assembly of component parts of manufactured products and recycling of waste materials. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/oecd_measuring_non_observed_economy_2002_EN.pdf#page=188
Source:
United Nations, International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 3 (ISIC Rev. 3), United Nations, New York, 1990, quoted in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Measuring the Non-Observed Economy - A Handbook", OECD, Paris, 2002
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