Use Table

Matrix that shows the consumption of commodities by each industry or final user. The entries in a row represent the dollar value of the commodity consumed by each industry or final user. The total output of each commodity is the sum of all intermediate uses of the commodity by industries and all sales to final users, or the sum of the row entries. The entries in a column represent the dollar value of each commodity and value-added component used by the industry. The total output of each industry is the sum of all intermediate uses of all commodities and value added, or the sum of the column entries. For the economy as a whole, the total of all final uses of commodities equals the sum of all value added by all industries, or GDP. Use tables are produced for industries both before redefinitions and after redefinitions. It is one of the two primary tables in the I-O accounts. The use table, together with the make table, is used to derive the I-O total requirements tables. (BEA)