Environmental goods and services sector accounts
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
Unit
Environment Statistics Data Processing Section
Contact person
Jekaterīna Drobiševa
Position
Expert
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
The environmental goods and services sector (EGSS) comprises all entities in their capacity as environmental producers, i.e., undertaking the economic activities that result in products for environmental protection and resource management. Resources management covers preservation, maintenance and improvement of natural resources thus protecting these resources against deterioration.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
N/A
Statistical population
N/A
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
N/A
4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
EU data on Eurostat website
Section: Environment.
Length of comparable time series
N/A
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
The statistics is collected and compiled using the data of:
- Central Statistical Bureau (statistics on industry, energy, national accounts, environmental protection expenditure accounts, foreign trade and employment);
- Agricultural Data Centre (statistics on organic agriculture);
- Ministry of Agriculture (statistics on forestry).
Data collection
N/A
Data compilation
N/A