The Use table
An aggregated combined use matrix at purchasers' prices is presented below. As in the previous table, industries are shown in the columns and commodities in the rows. Where the supply table presented Scottish output, the use matrix shows the demand for this output by industries and final demand sectors across the commodity rows.
Aggregate Combined Use Matrix 2004 (Purchasers' Prices), £millions
A copy of this table can be found in the downloads section.
The use matrix can be split into 3 main sections.
The intermediate demand (section 1), which shows the inputs of commodities, both domestic and imported, used by Scottish industries in the production of their output.
The final demand (section 2), which shows the purchases of each product by each category of final demand (e.g. consumers, government, export)
The primary inputs (section 3), these inputs do not flow through the other industries, they are employees' salaries, taxes less subsidies on production and gross operating surplus, which together constitute Gross Value Added.
The Combined Use matrix is repeated at full 126-industry detail in the downloads section of this website.
Use of the Use Matrix
Inputs to the production process
Column 3 of the above table shows the purchases made by the Scottish Manufacturing industry in order to produce its own output. We can see that the main purchases made by this industry comprised: an estimated £11,911 million of its own principal commodity, £2,030 million of Finance and Business services, £1,515 million of Mining products and £1,128 million of Energy and Water products.
Destination of commodities
The total demand for Manufactured commodities produced in Scotland is given in the above table as £84,093 million. Row 3 of this table presents the purchases of manufacturing commodities by both the intermediate and final demand sectors of the economy. This row shows that, in addition to the £11,911 million purchased by the Manufacturing industry, Public Admin (£2,975m), Finance and Business (£1,895m), Construction (£1,853m) and Distribution and Catering (£1,774m) were the most significant intermediate markets for these commodities. 29% of manufactured commodities are exported; to the Rest of the UK (£14,217m) and to the Rest of the World (£10,452m).