This guide provides information about the data contained in BEA's interactive Input-Output accounts tables. These detailed tables capture the flow of goods and services from one industry to another and to consumers. Together, they provide a comprehensive picture of economic activity. Estimates are generally available at four levels of detail: sector (15 industry groups), summary (71 industry groups), underlying summary (138 industry groups), and detail (402 industry groups). For most data products, estimates at the detail level are available only for benchmark years (years ending in 2 or 7) beginning in 2007.
Supply tables show the domestic supply of commodities by industry, whether produced by domestic industries or imported, valued in basic prices.
Use tables (in the supply-use framework) show how the supply of commodities is used by industries. Includes purchases valued in purchasers' prices by U.S. industries, individuals, and government, and exports to foreign purchasers.
Make tables show the domestic production of commodities by industry, valued in producer prices.
Use tables (in the make-use framework) show how the supply of commodities is used by industries. Includes purchases valued in purchasers' prices by U.S. industries, individuals, and government, and exports to foreign purchasers. Imports are included as a negative adjustment to offset the value of purchased imports embedded elsewhere in the table.
Import matrices show the use of imported commodities by industry.
Requirements tables provide a summary of the full supply chain by showing the value of inputs that are required both directly and indirectly to deliver a dollar of output to final uses.