Material use indicators for the European Union, 1980-1997

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ID Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities

2001
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Contents

Objectives and summary .7

1. Introduction .9

1.1. The policy context .9

1.2. Economy-wide material flow accounting11

1.3. Material flow account based indicators.12

Input indicators13

Output indicators.14

Consumption indicators 14

Efficiency indicators .15

1.4. Material flow data availability for the EU.15

2. The methodological guide 16

3. Total Material Requirement17

3.1. TMR of the European Union.18

3.2. International comparison of TMR.21

3.3. Domestic and foreign components of TMR of the EU24

4. Direct Material Input.27

5. Material productivity .29

6. Total Domestic Output.32

7. Domestic Processed Output.35

8. Domestic Material Consumption 39

9. Physical Trade Balance41

10. Material balances .44

10.1. The material balance44

10.2. Net Additions to Stock 46

11. Conclusions and recommendations 48

References and further reading 50

Acknowledgements54

Annex: Accounting model and data system .55

A.1. Data sources available 55

A.2. Accounting for material balances of EU-15 .68

A.2.1. Introduction and overview .68

A.2.2. General data69

A.2.3. Domestic material input flows .69

A.2.3.1. Biomass70

A.2.3.1.1. Agriculture71

A.2.3.1.2. Forestry, Fishing, Hunting74

A.2.3.2. Excavation and dredging75

A.2.3.3. Fossil Energy .77

A.2.3.4. Minerals .79

A.2.3.5. Ores 86

A.2.4. Foreign material flows .89

A.2.4.1. Extra-EU trade .90

A.2.4.2. Extra- and Intra-EU trade.91

A.2.4.3. Summary of imports and exports.92

A.2.5. Domestic material outputs to the environment 93

A.2.5.1. Emissions to air94

A.2.5.2. Emissions to water

A.2.5.3. Waste landfilled .95

A.2.5.4. Dissipative flows97

A.2.6. Balancing items 99

A.2.6.1. Respiration .99

A.2.6.2. Combustion of fuels.100

A.2.7. Indicators100

A.2.7.1. DMI and DMC.101

A.2.7.2. TMR.103

A.2.7.3. DPO and TDO103

A.2.7.4. Material Balance 104

A.2.7.5. Summary104

A.3. Literature and data sources .105