Culture’s satellite account is an economic information system for cultural products and the activities that create them, which has as frame of reference the United Nation’s System of National Accounts of the year 1993 (NAS 1993). Its main objective is to produce information that will make possible economic analysis and evaluation of cultural activities in the country and to facilitate public and private decision-making in the cultural sector.

The activities that produce cultural goods and services that are called throughout the report ‘cultural activities’, cover national accounts that correspond to Publishing and Printing, Broadcasting, Publicity, Photography, Research and Culture Development, Leisure and Cultural Services (Film, Radio and Television Production and Exhibition, Theatre, Artistic Services, Culture’s Private Organizations, among others), Museums, Arts and Education and Government Services insofar as it produces goods and services that can be considered cultural. As an example, this means that the national account relative to Publishing and Printing includes only activities in these fields.

In the year 2006, the first results of the culture’s satellite account base 2000 were presented and the structure of the statistical base needed to consolidate this work was set up.

The results included in this bulletin correspond to the series 2000-2007, base 2000, and show the performance of the Gross Domestic Product of these activities, as well as their production account, the macroeconomic aggregates, classified by cultural economic activity and some supply indicators (Production and Imports) and demand indicators (Intermediate Consumption, Final Consumption and Exports) for cultural products.

Firstly, the GDP’s performance of these activities is compared to that of the general economic GDP. Secondly, this behaviour is analysed and the results of cultural economic activities are detailed.

Finally, some supply and demand indicators are presented organized by product categories.

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