Economic Contribution of Copyright-based Industries in Pakistan.
Samad, Ghulam ; Ahmed, Vaqar ; Khalid, Rauf 等
Economic Contribution of Copyright-based Industries in Pakistan.
The copyright-based industries contribute substantially to the
national economy in the form of value addition, tax revenues, trade and
employment. This study highlights both the core and non-core
copyright-based industries in Pakistan. With the technical guidance of
World Intellectual Properly Organisation (WIPO) and National Institute
of Cultural Studies (NICS), we conducted the first ever survey of the
copyright-based industries in Pakistan. The estimates of contribution to
GDP, tax revenues, trade and employment were also validated through
focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Our findings
reveal that copyright-based industries contributed Rs 136 billion to GDP
(on 1999-2000 base year prices of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics). These
industries also contributed Rs 18 billion to the government in indirect
taxes. On the trade side, the exports of these industries totalled $ 943
million and imports amounted to $2130 million in 2007-08. In terms of
job creation one of the core sub-sectors i.e. electronic media employed
around 47,000 persons by the end of 2011.
JEL Classification: 034, F10, E24
Keywords: Copyright, Economic Growth, Trade and Employment
1. INTRODUCTION
Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) are one of the
milestone achievements of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The most
significant development of the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations
(1986-94) was the inclusion of intellectual property rights (IPRs) issue
on the agenda of the multilateral trading system. Before the TRIPS
agreement, this issue was regulated by Paris Agreement (1863), Berne
Convention (1886), Madrid Agreement (1891), Universal Copyright
Convention (1952), Rome Convention (1961), Geneva Convention (1971) and
IPIC Treaty (1989) [Bagchi (2007)]. The agreement has five important
components, namely: patents, trademarks, copyrights, geographical
indications and industrial designs. (1)
TRIPS had opened a new avenue for countries wishing to pursue
comparative advantages in copyright-based industries. WIPO (2003)
categorised the copyright-based industries into four types i.e. core,
interdependent, partial and non-dedicated support industries. The
enterprises, which are entirely employed in the creation, production,
manufacturing, performance, broadcasting and communications, are core
copyright-based industries. This includes press and literature, music,
theatrical production and opera, motion pictures and videos, radio and
television, photography, software and databases, visual and graphic arts
and advertising services.
The interdependent copyright industries are those industries, which
have equipment or activities related to copyright industries like TV
sets, Radios, VCRs, CD players, DVD players, cassette players,
electronic game equipment, computers and musical instruments. The
partial copyright industries are those in which activities and
production depend on the activities and materials protected by copyright
and neighbouring rights e.g. textile, leather and footwear, wood, metal
crafts, sports, jewellery. Finally, the non-dedicated copyright
industries provide support to the copyright industries e.g.
transportation, telephony and general retailing.
The protection of copyright industries is now gaining importance in
national regulations; therefore WIPO is concerned to find their economic
contribution in the form of trade, employment and GDP contribution. In
this regard the pioneering work was done by Arnold (1934), published in
a book Economica. (2) After 1970s several countries including Canada,
Sweden, USA, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, Holland, Austria,
Finland, Japan, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay have
conducted studies using their own methodologies and classifications to a
large extent. More recently a number of countries like the Philippines,
Mexico, Jamaica, Bulgaria, Lebanon and Singapore followed WIPO (2003),
which harmonises the methodology for assessing the economic contribution
of copyright industries.
It will be pertinent to mention here a few of the recent efforts in
this area. Pickard and Toivonen (2000) used Gross Value Addition to GDP
as an economic indicator to measure the contribution of copyright-based
industries, and it also presents share of the total employment and value
of the foreign trade in copyright-based industry. ACG (2001) measured
the economic contribution of copyright industries using industry value
added (IVA). (3) State University of Campinas and WIPO (2002) (4)
conducted a study on economic importance of industries and activities,
protected by copyright and related rights in MERCOSUR (Argentina,
Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and Chile using the share in GDP,
employment and foreign trade. For estimating the economic contribution
of the copyright based sector in Netherlands, Tueeuwes (2004) used the
same methodology. The author estimated value addition, job creation in
copyright based industries, exports and imports. Canadian Heritage
(2006) used value addition to measure economic contribution. In addition
it examined employment and trade levels (with the shortcoming of not
considering services contribution in total exports like exhibition
rights) and provided comparisons with respect to other industries
(agriculture, accommodation and food services, utilities etc.). In most
of the above studies both the secondary and primary data collection has
been carried out.
The methodology which has been used in this study is borrowed from
UN-WIPO. We have used the methodology defined/developed by UN-WIPO.
Every country study is using the same methodology; therefore, there is
no disagreement about the usefulness of this methodology. Unfortunately,
the critical review of this existed methodology is also not available.
Despite respectable macroeconomic performance of Pakistan (Table
1), intellectual property (IP) enforcement situation in Pakistan is very
weak, that in turn curtails the growth of creative entrepreneurs and
foreign investment. Even a decade ago (in 2001), International
Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) filed a petition, and questioned
Pakistan's eligibility for preferential duty free treatment, under
the generalised system of preferences (GSP) program due to their concern
about piracy in books and software. (5) Simultaneously they also blamed
Pakistan for export of these pirated discs (this is obsolete stuff now),
which are costing their economy hugely; therefore, they are
uncomfortable with the weak IP situation in Pakistan. The existing weak
IP situation in Pakistan is resulting in gradual lowering of
intellectual activities that make it to mainstream production processes.
This has implied brain drain of intellectual and creative workforce over
the long run, which in turn means low future export receipts and weak
prospects for foreign direct investments Ahmed, et al. (2010).
It is the weak enforcement of IP laws over time that has also
curtailed the growth of creative businesses in Pakistan. The Business
Software Alliance (BSA) showed in 2008 that a 10 percent reduction in
computer software piracy would deliver 11,700 new jobs, $23 million in
tax revenue and additional $160 million in economic growth of Pakistan
[BSA (2008)].
In order to address these issues the government created
Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) in 2005 with the support of
WIPO. The IPO Pakistan greatly revised and brought reforms in IP
management, like empowering the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA),
activating Pakistan Customs and bringing all their office operations
under one window. The present IPO Pakistan is one of the few
organisations in the world which are integrated with the FIA and the
Customs departments. (6) However, this organisation still faces
challenges in the form of improvement in the expertise of the IP laws;
preparation for access to Madrid Protocol and Patent Cooperation Treaty;
aligning IP laws with IPO Pakistan Ordinance; establishment of
technology incubation centres and technology licenses offices.
The next section explains in detail the methodology used and data
sources. Section 3 provides the estimated results and Section 4
concludes with policy recommendations.
2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY
Our key source of data on value addition of the core and non-core
copyright sectors is the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) supply and
use tables which were updated for 2007-08. (7) State Bank of Pakistan
(SBP) (8) made the disaggregated data on export and import available for
this study. Data on employment has been taken from both the primary and
secondary sources. For primary sources, questionnaires were developed
and sent to copyright relevant industries and associations for primary
level information. For secondary sources, the Labour Force Survey and
Census of Manufacturing Industries were used. With the technical
guidance of WIPO and leading role of the National Institute of Cultural
Studies, Islamabad, we conducted the first ever survey of the copyright
and related Rights Industries in Pakistan. For policy issues, labour
market reforms and related matters we conducted focus group discussions
and key informant interviews.
The questionnaire was initially sent to producer and trade
associations. These include Pakistan Handicrafts (25 registered firms),
Associated Press of Pakistan (APP, 243 registered firm), Pakistan
Association of Printing and Graphic Arts Industry (PAPGAI, 594
registered firm), Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA,
2400 registered firms), Pakistan Film Producers Association (PFPA, 376
registered firms), Pakistan Advertising Association (PAA, 90 registered
firms) and Photographic Society of Pakistan (PSP, 70 registered firms).
Similarly, to validate the questionnaire information and overcome the
low response rate we interviewed the heads of these institutions,
including the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), Federal Board of
Revenue (FBR) and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Moreover, we
conducted the focus group discussions with the executive bodies of the
above mentioned organisations.
Using data from Federal Board of Revenue, another effort was made
to consolidate the contribution of copyright-based industries in
Pakistan towards overall tax revenues. It has been easier to get a
one-point estimate for net indirect taxes (i.e. indirect taxes minus
subsidies) from the 1999-2000 supply use tables; however, for the years
beyond 2000 and for detailed tax classification, the team contacted
Pakistan Revenue Automation Ltd. which is a data warehouse arm of
Federal Bureau of Revenue. Monthly statistics were available on sectoral
and client-wise sales tax receipts. However, information on corporate
and personal income tax was not provided due to data security protocols.
In Pakistan sales tax is a single levy tax on total sale (consumer
price) of goods or services and is levy-able on copyright based
industries too. The data was up to date and it was also possible for us
to calculate an estimate of tax evasion in copyright-based industries.
Once our primary information was complied, an important step was
the mapping of WIPO categories with classifications currently followed
by Pakistan (i.e. International Standard Industrial Classification
ISIC-rv.3.1). (9) However, such mapping involves estimation and
segregation by 'copyright factors', which are explained below.
Estimation of 'Copyright Factors'
It is difficult to eliminate the elements that cannot be fully
attributed to copyright. (10) As a starting point we benefited from Boey
and Mun (2005), who derived the copyright content factors using
methodology from Watt (2004). Both studies use the guidelines framed by
WIPO.
In order to make copyright factors country-specific we referred to
the productivity estimates, provided by the industry or association
members/experts during our consultative sessions (Table 2). Studies such
as Kemal (1993) and Kemal, et al. (2003) provide some help in organising
the industries in terms of their relative creative content. Other
methodologies include Kwan (2002) who proposed the estimation of
"sophistication index" for exported goods, where the
sophistication of product equals weighted average of the exporting
country's per capita GDP.
The biggest challenge in establishing the copyright factor is how
to eliminate elements that are not fully attributed to copyright. It was
a challenging task to establish how to measure and asses exactly, if a
copyright component exists in a product. The WIPO guide (2003) explains
this as a problem of inclusiveness and exclusiveness. To reduce these
uncertainties to an acceptable minimum, we first categorise industries
in Pakistan into core copyright, interdependent, partial and
non-dedicated copyright based industries. According to the WIPO guide
(2003), the core and interdependent copyright-based industries have 100
copyright factors, because in these industries all of the components are
100 percent attributed to copyright. It was difficult to exactly assign
copyright factors to partial and non-dedicated industries. We conducted
key informant interviews with the expert in related fields to try to
assign the values, which are acceptable to the experts. These values are
subjective and might vary but we, at all stages, took guidance from WIPO
experts and national experts to measure adequately the proportion of the
copyright-based component of an industry.
The copyright factors mentioned above have been validated in the
light of WIPO guidelines and published literature from other countries.
It is expected as a consequence of this study that IPO Pakistan will
conduct sector specific studies in order to refine the estimates of
copyright content factors.
Economic Contributions of Copyright Based Industries
This section has been split in four levels of contribution by
copyright based industries. First using the copyright factors discussed
above, we estimate the creative value addition in core, interdependent
and non-dedicated copyright based industries. This is done in real terms
i.e. using base year prices of 1999-2000 as used by Pakistan Bureau of
Statistics.
Once the value added estimates are known, one moves on to calculate
the tax contribution of copyright based industries. We split the
indirect taxes into general sales tax (at local purchase and import
stage), federal excise duty and customs duty at import stage. This is
followed by the contribution of copyright based industries towards
exports and imports. The data on selected categories was made available
for the period 2003-2008 by the State Bank of Pakistan. Finally jobs
created in copyright industries have been extrapolated, based on labour
force survey, census of manufacturing industries, 2006 employment survey
values, provided by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
(PEMRA).
Table 3 depicts the creative proportion of value added elements in
the core, interdependent and non-dedicated copyright sectors.
In the light of the calculations mentioned above, it can be
observed that core copyright sector contributes 35 percent in the
creative value addition. The data processing and information
technologies have the largest share of 42 percent in the total value
addition by this category, followed by social and cultural services with
36 percent. Furthermore, the interdependent copyright sector contributes
13 percent in the creative value addition and the most important
contributor in this category is the paper and paper products with 81
percent contribution followed by musical instrument with 19 percent.
Paper and Paper products have a strong forward linkage with most
services sectors.
The partial copyright sector contributes 9.4 percent in creative
value addition. In this category leather and footwear, wood and wood
products and art silk are the major contributors. Finally, the
non-dedicated sector alone has a creative value of 41 percent; all the
three sub-categories like wholesale and retail trade, transport and
communication are important sectors with significant backward and
forward linkages. It can be concluded that for the base year 1999-00,
copyright-based industries contributed Rs 136 billion to Pakistan's
GDP.
Tax Revenue Contribution of Copyright Based Industries
In this section the break-up of indirect tax contributions accruing
from core and non-core sectors will be explained. Federal Board of
Revenue was requested to provide details on contribution towards direct
taxes. However, in the interest of data security protocol no such
information was made available. (12) Information concerning indirect tax
revenues for the year 2007-08 is presented in Table 4. This information
has been validated through supply use tables and trade statistics on
these categories, as provided by the State Bank of Pakistan.
Customs duty collected, in total, on the import of copyright-based
industries, amounted to Rs 9557 million, while the amount of sales tax
stood at Rs 8530 million. The receipts from excise duty were negligible.
Thus the total tax revenue of over Rs 18 billion (in 2007-08) from
copyright based industries shows a sizeable contribution and potential
towards future indirect tax revenues.
In consolidated terms interdependent copyright industries have the
highest share in tax receipts followed by partial copyright industries.
The key reasons for low contribution of core sectors is that many
activities under this category operate in the informal economy which on
most occasions is undocumented and does not get captured in the formal
tax records. The loss of revenue from this sector should act as an
evidence for the government to strengthen its IP regime, so that
creativity is optimally priced and those operating in the informal
sector have an incentive to formalise their ventures.
Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries to Exports and Imports
Exports depend crucially upon global economic growth and the
national capacity to produce goods and services. At the time of this
study SBP provided us with data on classifications, requested for the
period 2003-2008. The copyright sector of Pakistan is lacking in
competitiveness and one of the reasons is the poor IP regulation in the
country. Still, exports of core copyright sectors between 2003 and 2008
increased by 8 percent, the interdependent copyright sectors have seen
growth of 76 percent, the partial copyright sectors achieved a growth of
48 percent and the non-dedicated support industries grew by almost 100
percent.
Using copyright factors for each of the partial industries we reach
a more precise contribution towards trade. In 2007-08 the growth of core
copyright sectors have mainly been contributed by computer and
information services, advertisements and market research. Similarly, the
interdependent copyright sector's exports were mainly through
contribution of cinematography, sound recorders and other accessories
and paper and paperboard. From the disaggregated data it seems that our
exports are heavily dependent on imported raw materials and machinery,
notably photographic, cinematographic goods, electrical machinery and
parts, optical and precision apparatus and computer and information
services. The export trends at disaggregated commodity level are given
in Table 5.
The consolidated figures for exports of copyright sectors are
presented in Table 6. We observe that a substantial amount has been
exported by interdependent copyright industries, which maintained their
average share at 47 percent. The important feature is the growing share
of core copyright sector exports which secured a share of 20 percent in
2007-08. One of the main reasons is the creation of IPO Pakistan in 2005
and their rigorous export promotion efforts (in collaboration with the
Trade Development Authority of Pakistan), are commendable for ensuring
the protection of copyright sectors and especially the core copyright
sectors. The partial copyright industries on average contributed 36
percent in total core and non-core exports of copyright industries.
Finally, the non-dedicated sector contributed 5 percent on average.
In Table 7 one observes the imports of disaggregated copyright
sectors between 2006-08, which shows a growth of 55 percent in import of
core copyright sectors, 14 percent in interdependent sectors, 150
percent in partial and 40 percent in non-dedicated sectors. These
figures present a relatively high share of imports in overall external
transactions; Pakistan has a trade deficit in overall as well as in core
sectors.
Table 8 shows that in total core copyright industries contributed
68 percent in 2007-08 imports. This was followed by interdependent
sectors which contributed 25 percent. It may be noted here that
Pakistan's weak position in ensuring IP titles, hinders quality
standards in production which are the key factors towards achieving
product sophistication. Therefore Pakistan's exports use
significant imported content which has foreign certification and
established IP titles. In this manner Pakistani exporters in fact try to
get acceptance for their finished products abroad.
The trade balance for the year 2007-08 is negative for the core
copyright sector amounting to $1,248,054 thousands, interdependent
copyright sector is $ 134,728 thousands and non-dedicated sector is
$107,625 thousands. Only the partial copyright sector is positive in
trade balance of $309,002 thousands. The reason for a favourable trade
balance in partial copyright sector is Pakistan's high and
recognised comparative advantage in textile, particularly readymade
garments.
Employment in Copyright-Based Industries
Stable employment in copyright-based industries is predominantly
established in cable TV, followed by Pakistan Television (PTV), private
television channels and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC).
Figure 1 reports the employment in the electronic media, which has
been extrapolated for the year 2007, using growth rates from labour
force survey, census of manufacturing industries and base values for
2006 employment survey provided by PEMRA.
The surge in employment in the electronic media is due to the
deregulation of print and electronic media during 2000s. The most
eminent sector having operational licensing is the Cable TV with largest
share of 92 percent, followed by FM Radio with the growth of 6 percent.
The recent additions to electronic media, including multi-channel
multi-point distribution system (MMDS) and direct-to-home technology
(DTH) has minor contribution with percentage growth of 5 percent and 2
percent respectively for the year 2006.
Table 9 indicates that while there is growth in employment across
all core copyright sectors. However there are two categories, namely
data processing and TV broadcasts and graphics designing, where
employment has grown many folds. Primarily the growth in these sectors
is driven by the IT boom and availability of new technologies that allow
handling of large amounts of data in a relatively short time.
It was difficult to determine the accurate employment levels of
cultural and recreational places like hotels, cinemas, clubs, music,
shrines, marriage halls, dance-theatre and other functional places.
Efforts were made to gather information regarding value and contribution
of these sectors. Data regarding the 4 or 5 star hotels is available in
national statistics but it is difficult to account for local
guest-houses and 2 and 3 star hotels. In 2007-08 the total number of
hotels, cinemas, clubs and music places was around 998.
Desh (1995), using the employment per entity formula, multiplies
the number of all these places by category with their respective
employment levels, to estimate the total employment. Then using the
copyright factors the employment contribution of all categories is
obtained; we adopt the same approach. Total employment comes to around
1.73 million and the creative employment comes to around 0.259 million.
Thus, the share of creative employment in the overall employment of
hotels and restaurants stands around 15 percent. This is represented by
the persons working in hotel industry linked with music, either live or
by playing pre-recorded CDs/DVDs etc., theatre or showing TV dramas and
other shows in the hotels or restaurants.
4. CONCLUSION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
The core and non-core copyright industries show a lot of potential
to contribute to country's value addition, tax revenues, trade and
employment. Understanding the importance of protecting these industries
is important, if Pakistan is to promote innovative entrepreneurs who can
in turn help in product sophistication and promotion of copyright based
exports.
The key policy recommendations from this study are:
(1) A realistic level of understanding regarding the significance
of copyright industries in the economic development is important. These
industries are being underestimated and their contribution is not
regarded tangible in production process.
(2) The System of the National Industrial Classification of the
copyright categories should go from six or eight digit levels of
classifications. The input-output table which helps in identifying the
contributions of various industries has not been updated for a decade.
PBS should embark on updating this table as well as improve its
compliance with the UN System of National Accounts 1993.
ANNEX-I
Idris (2003), briefly defines the following as, Patent is an
exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a
process that provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new
technical solution to a problem. Trademark is a distinctive sign, which
identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by a
specific person or enterprise. Geographical indication is a sign used on
goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or
a reputation that are due to that place of origin. Most commonly, a
geographical indication consists of the name of the place of origin of
the goods. Industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an
article. The design may consist of three-dimensional features, such as
the shape or surface of an article, or of two-dimensional features, such
as patterns, lines or color. Copyright is the body of laws which grants
authors, artists and other creators protection for their literary and
artistic creation, which are generally referred to as " works"
a closely associated field of right related to copyright is
"related rights", which provides rights similar or identical
to those of copyright, although sometimes more limited and of shorter
duration.
Types of copyright industries and their main groupings are given
below:
Core Copyright Industries
Type of Copyright Main Grouping of
Industry Industries Subgroups
Authors, writers,
translators
Core Copyright Press and Literature Newspapers
Industry News and feature agencies
Cards and maps,
directories and other
published material
Pre-press, printing
and post-press of books,
magazines, newspapers
and advertising materials
Wholesale and retail of
press and literature
Libraries
Music, theatrical Composers, lyricists,
productions and arrangers,
opera choreographers,
directors, performers
and other personnel
Printing and publishing
of music
Production/manufacturing
of recorded music
Wholesale and retail
of recorded music
Artistic and literary
creation and
interpretation
Performances and
allied agencies
Motion picture and Writers, directors,
Video actors etc.
and distribution
Motion picture and video
production and
distribution.
Motion picture exhibition
Video rentals and sales,
video on demand
Allied services
National radio and
television broadcasting
companies
Radio and Television Other radio and
television broadcasters
Independent producers
Cable television
(systems and channels)
Satellite television
Allied services
Photography Studios and
commercial photography
Photo agencies and
libraries
Programming, development
and design, manufacturing
Software and Wholesale and retail of
databases pre-packaged software
Database processing
and publishing
Visual and graphic- Art galleries, other
arts wholesale and retail
Picture framing and
other allied services
Advertising Services Agencies, buyins services
Interdependent Copyright Industries
Type of Copyright Main Grouping of Subgroups
Industry Industries
Interdependent TV sets. Radios, Manufacture
Copyright VCRs, CD players,
Industries DVD players,
Cassette players, Wholesale and retail
Electronic game
equipment, and other
similar equipment
Computers and Manufacture
Equipments Wholesale and retail
Musical Instruments Manufacture
Wholesale and retail
Partial Copyright Industries
Type of Copyright Main Grouping of Subgroups
Industry Industries
Partial Photographic and Manufacture
interdependent cinematographic Wholesale and retail
instruments
copyright Photocopiers Manufacture
industries Wholesale and retail
Blank recording Manufacture
material Wholesale and retail
Paper Manufacture
Wholesale and
ANNEX-II
Data Requirement under ISIC
Division Group Classes Explanation Type
22 221
2211 Publishing of books, Core
brochures and other
publications
2212 Publishing of newspapers, Core
journals and periodicals
2213 Publishing of music Core
2219 Other publishing Core
222 Printing and service Core
activities related
to printing
2221 Printing Core
2222 Service activities Core
related to printing
223 Reproduction of recorded Core
media
322 Manufacture of television Non-Core
and radio transmitters
and apparatus for line
telephony
642 6420 Telecommunications
722 7221 Software publishing
723 7230 Data processing
724 7240 Database activities and
online distribution of
electronic content
73 Research and development Non-Core
74 Other business activities Non-Core
742 Architectural, Non-Core
engineering and other
technical activities
7421
7422 Technical testing and Non-Core
analysis
743 7430 Advertising Non-Core
749 7494 Photographic activities Non-Core
92 Recreational, cultural
and sporting activities
921 9211 Motion picture and Core
video production
and distribution
9212 Core
9213 Radio and television Core
activities
9214 Core
9219 Core
922 9220 News agency activities Core
923 9231 Library, archives, Core
museums and other
cultural activities
Source: International Standard Industrial Classification, UN 2002.
Ghulam Samad <ghulam-samad@fulbrightmail.org> is Research
Economist, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE),
Islamabad. Vaqar Ahmed <vahmed@gmail.com> is Joint Executive
Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad.
Rauf Khalid, ex-President and Chairman, National Institute of Cultural
Studies. Islamabad.
Authors' Note: We would like to dedicate this paper to the
memory of our co-author Rauf Khalid (National Institute of Cultural
Studies) who passed away during the course of this study. We acknowledge
the financial support by World Intellectual Property Organisation in
conducting this study. The team got benefited from technical
contributions and data support by Mohammed Abid. This version has
benefitted from comments on an older version published in WIPO's
series on National Studies on Assessing the Economic Contribution of the
Copyright-based Industries.
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Table 1
Macroeconomic Performance of Pakistan 1960-2000s
Indicators 1960s 1970s 1980s
Economic Growth 6.8 4.8 6.5
GDP 5.1 2.4 5.4
Agriculture 9.9 5.5 8.2
Manufacturing 6.7 6.3 6.7
Services 13.1 16.8 17.3
Government Revenue to GDP Ratio 11.6 21.5 24.9
Government Expenditure to GDP Ratio 1.5 -4.7 -7.6
Fiscal Balance to GDP Ratio 3.2 12.5 7.2
Consumer Price Index (% Growth) -- 13.5 8.5
Exports (% Growth -- 16.6 4.5
Imports (% Growth) -- -- 3.9
Current Account Deficit (% of GDP)
Indicators 1990s 2000s
Economic Growth 4.6 4.8
GDP 4.4 3.2
Agriculture 4.8 7.0
Manufacturing 4.6 5.3
Services 17.1 14.2
Government Revenue to GDP Ratio 24.1 18.7
Government Expenditure to GDP Ratio -7 -4.5
Fiscal Balance to GDP Ratio 9.7 7.7
Consumer Price Index (% Growth) 5.6 9.9
Exports (% Growth 3.2 13.7
Imports (% Growth) 4.5 1.5
Current Account Deficit (% of GDP)
Source: Pakistan Economic Survey 2010-11.
Table 2
Copyright Factors
Sector Copyright
ID (11) Activities Factor (%)
Core Copyright Industries
70 Newspaper and printing 100
149 Data processing and IT 100
151 Social and cultural services 100
154 Recreation services 100
155 Radio and TV broadcasts 100
Interdependent Copyright Industries
69 Manufacturing of Paper and paper products 100
112 Manufactruring of Musical instrument 100
Partial Copyright Industries
59 Art silk 5
61 Made up textiles 5
62 Knitwear 3
63 Carpets 3.5
64 Garments 3
65 Leather and footwear 25
67 Wood and wood products 10
68 Wooden furniture 20
109 Handicrafts 70
110 Sports goods 10
111 Jewelery 25
Non Dedicated Copyright Industries
131 Wholesale and retail trade 3.80
133-37 Transport 4.10
138 Communication services 4.10
Table 3
Creative Value Addition in Core, Interdependent and Non-Dedicated
Industries (on Real Base Year Prices of 1999-00)
Sector Value Added Copyright
ID Activities (Rs Million) Factor (%)
Core Copyright Industries
70 Newspaper and printing 3408 100
149 Data processing and IT 20225 100
151 Social and cultural services 17381 100
154 Recreation services 3366 100
155 Radio and TV broadcasts 4255 100
Total 48635 100
Interdependent Copyright
Industries
69 Paper and paper products 14560 100
112 Musical instrument 3507 100
Total 18067 100
Partial Copyright Industries
59 Art silk 17891 5
61 Made up textiles 7032 5
62 Knitwear 12080 3
63 Carpets 2706 3.5
64 Garments 27084 3
65 Leather and footwear 19885 25
67 Wood and wood products 9858 10
68 Wooden furniture 1874 20
109 Handicrafts 285 70
110 Sports goods 33184 10
111 Jewellery 1885 25
Total 133764 180
Non Dedicated Copyright
Industries
131 Wholesale and retail trade 638235 3.80
133-37 Transport 721946 4.10
138 Communication services 61657 4.10
Total 1421838 12
Sum of Core + Non-Core Sectors 1622304
Creative
Value
Sector Addition
ID Activities (Rs Million)
Core Copyright Industries
70 Newspaper and printing 3408
149 Data processing and IT 20225
151 Social and cultural services 17381
154 Recreation services 3366
155 Radio and TV broadcasts 4255
Total 48635
Interdependent Copyright
Industries
69 Paper and paper products 14560
112 Musical instrument 3507
Total 18067
Partial Copyright Industries
59 Art silk 894.55
61 Made up textiles 351.60
62 Knitwear 362.40
63 Carpets 94.71
64 Garments 812.5
65 Leather and footwear 4971.25
67 Wood and wood products 986
68 Wooden furniture 375
109 Handicrafts 200
110 Sports goods 3318
111 Jewellery 471.25
Total 12837
Non Dedicated Copyright
Industries
131 Wholesale and retail trade 24253
133-37 Transport 29599.79
138 Communication services 2527.93
Total 56380.65
Sum of Core + Non-Core Sectors 135919
Source: Federal Bureau of Statistics, Authors 'own estimations.
* Value added of advertising stands already taken in
the heading of Newspaper and printing and Radio and
TV broadcast.
Table 4
Contribution of Copyright Based Industries in Indirect Taxes (2007-08)
Customs Sales Excise
Items Duty Tax Duty
Rs Million
A. Core Copyright Industries
Printed Materials 78.381 131.649
(Books, Newspaper. Magazines etc.)
Arts and antiques 0.419 1.173
Total A 78.8 132.822
B. Interdependent Copyright
Industries
Photographic Goods 104.307 223.897
Paper and Paperboard 4390.093 4835.249
Musical Instruments 1.263 2.089
Optical, Photographic Instruments 893.27 728.219
Misc Manufactured Articles 420.155 210.387
Total B 5809.087 5999.841
C. Partial Copyright Industries
Silk 104.639 0.068
Wool and Fabrics 15.757 0.119
Carpets 187.609 5.376
Made up Textile Articles 482.19 11.036
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement 252.588 248.522
Ceramic Products 1432.989 1117.958
Glass and Glassware 836.492 730.543
Precious Stones/Metals 32.881 64.5
Toys and Games 324.175 219.186
Total C 3669.32 2397.308
D. Non-Dedicated Copyright
Industries
Advertisement TV Cable 0.306
Total D 0.306
Total Indirect Tax Contribution 9557 8530.2 0.612
(2007-08) (A+B+C+D)
Source: Federal Board of Revenue and Authors' own estimations.
Table 5
Copyright-Based Industries Exports (2003-2008) Thousand US $
Categories 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Core Copyright Industries
Books, Newspapers and Printing 3,622 6,086 4,616
Industry
Works of Arts 17,260 6,653 23,233
Computer and Information Services
Advertisement market research and
public opinion
poll
Personal, Cultural and Recreation
Services
Total 20882 12739 27849
Interdependent Copyright Industries
Photographic goods 919 852 779
Paper and Paperboard 10,019 13,613 26,296
Sound Recorders and Reproducers,
Television accessories 36,522 44,940 101,892
Cinematographer 172,094 178,287 192,640
Total 219554 237692 321507
Partial Copyright Industries
Wood and articles of wood 13,47 11,16 15,73
Apparel and Textile 211278 226038 250700
Carpets and other textile Floor 8160 8111 9759
coverings
Special Woven Fabrics, Tufted 11171 19326 23338
Textiles Fabrics, Lace
Knitted or Crocheted Fabrics 1408 2453 1820
Articles of Apparel and Clothing
Accessorised
Knit 71356 85267 95680
Articles of Apparel/Clothing 50573 33881 36947
Access not Knitted
Other Man-Made Textile Articles,
Sets, Worm
Clothing 68610 77000 83156
Footwear, Headgear 4303 4130 6087
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, 825 1339 1156
Total 216406 231507 257943
Non-Dedicated Support Industries
Transportation
Communication Services
Total
Copyright-Based Industries Exports 456842 481938 607299
(Core + Non-Core]
Categories 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Core Copyright Industries
Books, Newspapers and Printing 3,909 4,365 3,577
Industry
Works of Arts 15,432 6,797 2,125
Computer and Information Services 72,000 106,000 154,000
Advertisement market research and
public opinion
poll 20,071 24,040 23,987
Personal, Cultural and Recreation 1,315 2,000 3,000
Services
Total 112,718 143,202 186689
Interdependent Copyright Industries
Photographic goods 110 85 44
Paper and Paperboard 43,976 21,833 37,304
Sound Recorders and Reproducers,
Television accessories 134,605 145,330 74,128
Cinematographer 222,013 236,621 275,505
Total 400704 403869 386981
Partial Copyright Industries
Wood and articles of wood 10,26 10,72 16,90
Apparel and Textile 273757 297027 314069
Carpets and other textile Floor 9503 9088 8422
coverings
Special Woven Fabrics, Tufted 26313 26554 16593
Textiles Fabrics, Lace
Knitted or Crocheted Fabrics 1398 1977 2693
Articles of Apparel and Clothing
Accessorised
Knit 97693 106060 107344
Articles of Apparel/Clothing 46434 54070 59614
Access not Knitted
Other Man-Made Textile Articles,
Sets, Worm
Clothing 92416 99278 119403
Footwear, Headgear 6417 5772 5828
Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, 1340 1339 1832
Total 281514 304138 321729
Non-Dedicated Support Industries
Transportation 44282 44778 43050
Communication Services 8118 4961 4797
Total 52400 49739 47847
Copyright-Based Industries Exports 847336 900948 943246
(Core + Non-Core]
Table 6
Consolidated Export Share (%) of Copyright
Based Industries, 2002-03 to 2007-08
Categories 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Core Copyright Industries 5% 3% 5%
Interdependent Copyright Industries 48% 49% 53%
Partial Copyright Industries 47% 48% 42%
Non-Dedicated Support Industries
Copyright-Based Industries Exports 100 100 100
(Core + Non-Core)
Categories 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Core Copyright Industries 13% 16% 20%
Interdependent Copyright Industries 47% 45% 41%
Partial Copyright Industries 33% 16% 34%
Non-Dedicated Support Industries 6% 6% 5%
Copyright-Based Industries Exports 100 100 100
(Core + Non-Core)
Source: Own Calculation.
Table 7
Copyright-Based Industries Imports (2006-2008) Thousand US $
Categories 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Core Copyright Industries
Books, Newspapers and Printing 31,584 33,693 23,404
Industry
Works of Arts 825,982 1,074,809 1,266,535
Computer and Information 44,034 90,000 129,000
Services
Advertisement market research 14,593 11,396 14,804
and public opinion poll
Personal, Cultural and 6,000 1,070 1000
Recreation Services
Total 922193 1210968 1434743
Interdependent Copyright
Industries
Paper and Paperboard, 275,944 333,769 410,277
Articles of Paper Pulp
Sound Recorders and 43,976 21,833 37,304
Reproducers, Television
accessories
Cinematographer 134,605 145,330 74,128
(Inter Copyright)
Total 454525 500932 521709
Partial Copyright Industries
Wood and articles of wood 61,59 6568 7053
Apparel and Textile 1855 1867 2186
Carpets and other textile 258 245 284
Floor coverings
Special Woven Fabrics, Tufted 411 377 462
Textiles Fabrics, Lace
Knitted or Crocheted Fabrics 152 166 181
Articles of Apparel and 195 285 217
Clothing Accessorised Knit
Articles of Apparel/Clothing 112 147 280
Access not Knitted
Other Man-Made Textile Articles, 727 647 762
Sets, Worm Clothing
Footwear, Headgear 509 656 719
Articles of Stone, Plaster, 2582 2591 2769
Cement,
Total 4946 11682 12727
Non-Dedicated Support Industries
Transportation 117384 128535 151085
Communication Services 4141 4018 4387
Total 121525 132553 155472
Copyright-Based Industries 1514081 1861315 2130490
Imports (Core + Non-Core)
Source: SBP Statistics on Import of
Goods and Services (Various Issues).
Table 8
Consolidated Imports Share (%) of Copyright
Based Industries 2005-06 to 2007-08
Categories 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Core Copyright Industries 61% 65% 68%
Interdependent Copyright Industries 30% 27% 25%
Partial Copyright Industries 1% 1% 1%
Non-Dedicated Support Industries 8% 7% 7%
Copyright-Based Industries Imports
(Core + Non-Core) 100 100 100
Table 9
Employment Contributions by Core Copyright Sectors 1999 and 2007
Number of Estimated
Sector Enterprises Employment
1999 2007 1999 2007
Newspaper and Printing 1344 1820 26160 38780
Data processing and IT 50 1101 990 24222
Cultural and Recreation services -- -- 175000 205000
Radio and TV broadcasts 20 1422 6500 44700
Graphic Designing 30000 67000 90000 268000
Photography 15000 18000 45000 54000
Total 71414 124343 243650 535002
Source: Information from Pakistan Media Regulating
Authority-PEMRA, Pakistan Film Producers Association-PFPA,
Pakistan Software Houses Association-PASHA, Pakistan
Association of Printing and Graphic Industry-PAPGAI,
Audit Bureau of Circulation-ABC, Photographers Society
of Pakistan-PSP, Associated Press of Pakistan-APP, Face
to face Interviews with professional leaders, internet
search and provisional estimation.
Fig. 1. Employment in Core Copyright-Based Industry
(Electronic Media) 2007
Numbers
Cable TV 31022
PTV 6204
TV(Private) 4136
PBC 3619
Radio
(Private) 1040
MMDS 1034
DTH 207
Note: Table made from bar graph.
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