Tēnā koe Tamsyn

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated 13 December 2023. You requested:

We are interested in understanding how Statistics New Zealand group retail
spend categories as defined by Visa (Merchant category codes) into the
higher level industry categories shown within the Retail Trade Survey
available publicly on your website
([1]https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-re...).
This information will help us to better understand what type of spend each
reported industry includes.

 

Could we please receive the mapping used by Statistics New Zealand to map
the merchant category codes to the industries?

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Sina (pronouns: [2]she/her/ia)

Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government
Statistician and Chief Executive

Kaitohutohu – Tari O Te Kaitautauranga Matua Me Te Pouārahi Matua

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-----Original Message-----

From: Tamsyn <[6][FOI #25159 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 4:22 PM

To: Info Mailin - Shared Mailbox <[7][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Mapping of Merchant Category Codes
to industry categories

 

Dear Statistics New Zealand,

 

We are interested in understanding how Statistics New Zealand group retail
spend categories as defined by Visa (Merchant category codes) into the
higher level industry categories shown within the Retail Trade Survey
available publicly on your website
([8]https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-re...).
This information will help us to better understand what type of spend each
reported industry includes.

 

Could we please receive the mapping used by Statistics New Zealand to map
the merchant category codes to the industries?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Tamsyn

 

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Please find attached Stats NZ’s response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Rafa Itchon (pronouns: he/him/his and Mr)

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua
Executive and Government Relations – Office of the Government Statistician
& Chief Executive | Tari O Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [1]stats.govt.nz

 

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