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Measuring the Size of the Renewable Resource Sector: The Case of Chile

Table 4: VA of agriculture, fruticulture, and livestock sectors and their forward and
backward links to other economic sectors
Forward
Share of Participation Participation
Participation
and
sector in total in forward in backward
in total of
backward
VA (%)
sectors (%) sectors (%)
expanded VA
sum (%)
Agriculture
0.68
0.38
0.08
0.46
1.14
Fruiticulture
1.05
0.29
0.22
0.51
1.55
Livestock
0.60
0.47
0.21
0.68
1.28
Support
0.19
0.55
0.05
0.60
0.80
Total
2.53
1.69
0.55
2.25
4.78

Source: Authors’ calculations methodology presented in Annex 2, based on latest Chilean national accounts
utilization matrix for 2008. Note that agriculture corresponds to matrix activities #1 and #2 (annual crops
and vegetables); fruiticulture corresponds to #3 and #4 (crops of grapes and other fruits); livestock
corresponds to the four activities #5–#8 (raising cattle, pigs, poultry, and other animals). Support refers to
support services activities for agriculture and livestock (#9).

Table 5: Added value of renewable primary sectors and their linkages, 2008
Share in total VA (%)

Share of
Participation
Participation Participation Forward and
sector in
in total of
in forward in backward backward
total VA
expanded VA
sectors (%) sectors (%)
sum (%)
(%)
(%)
Agriculture
0.68
0.34
0.08
0.42
1.11
Fruiticulture
1.05
0.29
0.22
0.51
1.55
Livestock
0.80
0.47
0.26
0.73
1.52
Support services
0.19
0.00
0.05
0.05
0.24
Forestry
0.82
0.32
0.02
0.34
1.16
Fishing
0.47
0.40
0.19
0.59
1.06
Total
3.82
1.82
0.77
2.59
6.41
Source: Authors’ elaboration based on Central Bank of Chile, National Accounts, 2008.

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