One is the product output method, i.e. total output = product output X unit price. This method requires mastery of various product output and unit price to use, at present is mainly agriculture and industry using this method of calculation.
The second is the sales revenue method, that is, total output = sales revenue + inventory increase. This method requires accounting information and is currently used by most service companies.
Third, the specific calculation method, including "gross profit" method, "indirect" method, "recurrent expenditure" method. This method is adopted for specific production activities in specific industrial sectors. The "gross profit" method applies to wholesale and retail trade; the "indirect" method applies to finance and insurance; and the "recurrent expenditure" method applies to fully funded, poorly funded and self-supporting administrations. The "recurrent expenditure" method applies to administrative institutions with full appropriation, differential appropriation and self-supporting organizations.
:Total output refers to the value of all goods and services produced by a resident unit in a given period of time, including both value added and value transferred. It reflects the total scale of production activities of resident units.
Total output of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries is calculated using the product method, i.e., all agricultural products with product output are calculated by multiplying the price per unit of product by the output method.
Total industrial output is calculated using the "factory method". The so-called "factory method" is to industrial enterprises as a whole, according to the final results of the enterprise's industrial production activities to calculate the total output, the value of products within the same enterprise is not allowed to repeat the calculation.
The total output of the construction industry, including construction output value, equipment installation project output value, building overhaul output value, non-standard equipment manufacturing output value and decoration output value, can be calculated according to two methods: one is from the construction enterprises and self-supporting construction units of the construction of the construction of the production activities of the perspective of the direct calculation; the other is from the perspective of the cost of the construction of construction products from the perspective of the construction of the construction project.