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The prudish English? The Office for National Statistics (ONS), equivalent to Insee, has recognized the contribution of prostitution and drug use in the country's GDP.
10 billion pounds in total (12.3 billion euros). The priced the sex industry officially reported 5.3 billion pounds (6.5 billion euros) and the drug trade 4.4 billion pounds (5.4 billion euros) to the national wealth. To achieve these figures, the ONS has carefully assessed the 60,879 Prostitute (s) of the country received about 25 clients per week at an average price of 67.16 pounds (82 euros). To this must be added the cost of renting places of prostitution and "work clothes", as well as condoms. On the drug , the agency believes such to 38,000 the number of heroin users, 37 pounds (45 euros) per gram.
These ads meet the requirements of a new "European System of Accounts" which should enter into force in September to reflect changes in the economy. New sectors, including also include work done by households in their home, will boost the British GDP by 5%. Italians are also joined, including sales of cocaine. The United Kingdom joined Estonia, Austria, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden and Norway on the list of countries recognizing the prostitution in their economic activity. Curiously, France does not belong. She preferred to emphasize the impact of intellectual property in investment in research and development.