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This paper describes the methods used to classify the OECD countries\u2019 industrial sectors and manufactures by level of technology, and presents the resulting classifications. In the proposed new classification by industrial sector, the concept of technology intensity has been expanded to take into account both the level of technology specific to the sector (measured by the ratio of R&D expenditure to value added) and the technology embodied in purchases of intermediate and capital goods. Four groups of industries have been identified on the basis of the degree of technology intensity.

The classification by product consists solely of high-technology products (products which are the most technology-intensive). The classification was drawn up by the OECD Secretariat in collaboration with Eurostat, the object being to finalise the approach by sector and provide a more appropriate instrument for analysing international trade. Because no detailed data were available for services, the two proposed classifications concern only manufacturing industry.

Ce document expose les m\u00e9thodes pour classer les secteurs industriels et les produits manufactur\u00e9s des pays de l\u2019OCDE selon leur intensit\u00e9 technologique et pr\u00e9sente les classifications qui en r\u00e9sultent. Dans la nouvelle classification propos\u00e9e par secteur industriel, la notion d\u2019intensit\u00e9 technologique a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9largie pour tenir compte \u00e0 la fois de l\u2019effort technologique propre au secteur (mesur\u00e9 par le ratio des d\u00e9penses de R-D sur la valeur ajout\u00e9e) et de la technologie incorpor\u00e9e dans les achats de biens interm\u00e9diaires et d\u2019\u00e9quipement. Quatre groupes d\u2019industries ont \u00e9t\u00e9 identifi\u00e9s en fonction du niveau de leur intensit\u00e9 technologique.

La classification par produit se r\u00e9f\u00e8re exclusivement aux produits de haute technologie (produits dont l\u2019intensit\u00e9 technologique est la plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e). Cette classification a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9labor\u00e9e par le Secr\u00e9tariat de l\u2019OCDE en coop\u00e9ration avec Eurostat, afin de compl\u00e9ter l\u2019approche par secteur et fournir un instrument plus appropri\u00e9 pour l\u2019analyse des \u00e9changes internationaux. Du fait de la non disponibilit\u00e9 de donn\u00e9es d\u00e9taill\u00e9es sur les services, les deux classifications propos\u00e9es concernent exclusivement l\u2019industrie manufacturi\u00e8re.