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INTRODUCTION

The data contained on this CD represents the entire dataset of General 
Industrial Statistics collected by the Industrial Statistics Section of 
the United Nations Statistics Division. It covers the period 1953-1993.  
The 1991 edition of the Industrial Statistics Yearbook, Volume I: General 
Industrial Statistics, was the last published, using the data included on 
the CD.  A hard copy of that Yearbook (sales No. E.93.XVII.7) can be 
ordered through the United Nations Publications Department: 
publications@un.org.  As of 1993, the collection of General Industrial 
Statistics in value terms has been discontinued by the Industrial 
Statistics Section of the United Nations Statistics Division, and some of 
the collection activities have been taken over by the United Nations 
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).  For more information on the 
data collected by UNIDO collect, please consult their website: 
www.unido.org.  

The data presented was derived from replies from yearly questionnaires 
distributed to countries' statistical offices.  The index numbers of 
industrial production were obtained from replies to quarterly 
questionnaires.  

The data shown have been compiled bearing in mind the requirements of 
international comparability and the standards for this work promulgated by 
the United Nations.  The concepts and definitions of the items of data are 
drawn from the International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics 
(statistical papers, Series M, No.48/Rev.1) and the classification by 
industry from the International Standard Industrial Classification of All 
Economic Activities (ISIC), (statistical papers, Series M, No.4/Rev.2).