Enterprises by barriers considered for international sourcing, level of importance of barriers and NACE Rev.2 activity aggregate - experimental statistics
methods, notes and classification
Barriers0 Legal or administrative1 Tax barriers2 Language and culture3 Tariffs and other trade barriers4 Concerns of employees (including trade unions)5 Distance to existing clients6 Difficulty in identifying suitable providers abroad7 Concerns of the sourcing operation exceeding expected benefits8 Uncertainty of the quality of the products/services to be supplied abroad9 Lack of qualified labour abroada Access to finance or other financial barriersb COVID-19 related concerns and issues Level of importance0 Very high or moderate1 Very high2 Moderate3 None4 Not applicable Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2)0 Total - all NACE activities1 Industry and construction2 Services of the business economy3 Services of the business economy (except trade) Economical indicator for structural business statistics Unit of measure Geopolitical entity (reporting)0 Bulgaria1 Denmark2 Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)3 Ireland4 Italy5 Latvia6 Lithuania7 Hungary8 Malta9 Netherlandsa Austriab Polandc Portugald Finlande Swedenf Norway