Intermediate good

[3] The value-added method can be used to calculate the amount of intermediate goods incorporated into GDP.

This approach counts every phase of processing included in production of final goods.

Characterization of intermediate goods as physical goods can be misleading, since, in advanced economies, about half of the value of intermediate inputs consist of services.

[4] Intermediate goods generally can be made and used in three different ways.

Second, a company can manufacture intermediate goods and sell them to others.

An automobile engine is an example of an intermediate good, and is used in the production of the final good , the assembled automobile.
U.S. and Chinese Trade in Goods with ASEAN Countries by Use, 2014