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OECD High-Tech Industries
OECD identifies six industries as being high-tech based upon their high R& D intensities (R& D spending as a percentage of production) relative to other
manufacturing industries. The OECD definition was established in 1986 using 1980 data. A review was conducted in 1992 and the rankings remained unchanged. Following are the six high-tech industries, their
International Standard Industrial Classification codes, and their 1980 R& D intensities. Also included are similar data for the "other manufacturing industries" used throughout this chapter.
ISIC R&D
Industry code Intensity
High-technology
Aircraft (Aerospace) 3845 22.7
Office & computing equipment 3825 17.5
Communications equipment 3832 10.4
Drugs & medicines 3522 4.8
Scientific instruments 385 4.8
Electrical machinery 383 excl. 3832 4.4
Other manufacturing
Motor vehicles 3843 2.7
Chemicals 351 and 352,excl. 3522 2.3
Average for all other manufacturing industries 1.8
The OECD categorization used here is more restrictive than the Department of Commerce's DOC-3 high-technology system, which includes space technologies and ordnance as high-tech industries. (See ITA 1983.) Note that
the other manufacturing category does not include agriculture or services.
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