article_snippet: Last year, the calculation of GDP was changed to include Class A drugs trade and the ‘provision of prostitution services’.
article_snippet: The darker corners of the national economy are now being measured - alongside traditional sectors such as farming and financial services - as part of an overhaul in the way economic activity is calculated.
article_snippet: GDP covers every sector - from manufacturing and construction to agriculture, public services and tourism.
article_snippet: GDP now also covers the import, production and sale of illegal drugs and the ‘provision of prostitution services’.
article_snippet: The data classes growing drugs or importing drugs as ‘production’, buying drugs for home use as ‘expenditure’ and selling drugs as ‘income’.
article_snippet: GDP covers crack cocaine, powder cocaine, heroin, cannabis, ecstasy and amphetamines.