Use table

The use table describes the use of products as intermediate consumption and final uses, as well as the incomes generated in the production process. The use table comprises three sections: the table of intermediate consumption, the table of final uses, and the table of value added. Table 2 presents a summary view of the use table.

The intermediate consumption table presents industries across columns and products across rows. Each industry (columns 1-15) shows the use of products (rows 1-17) for intermediate consumption (products used by an industry in the production of other products). The value added table has industries across columns and the incomes generated in the production process (rows 18-24) as rows. Gross value added at basic prices by industry (row 25) can be derived as the sum of the rows in the value added table.

An industry’s output is always equal to the sum of its intermediate consumption net of subsidies on products, and gross value added. For example, the output of the manufacturing industry is $669 billion. The manufacturing industry uses $482 billion of products as intermediate consumption to produce this output. The difference between total output and intermediate consumption net of subsidies on products (-$686 million) is equal to gross value added ($188 billion).

The final uses table (columns 16-22) presents final demand categories across columns and products across rows. Products consumed for final use are shown by categories of final demand. For example, of the total supply of $1,508 billion of manufacturing products 24% ($363 billion) was exported while $527 billion went to other categories of final demand including household consumption and capital formation.