Difference between final goods and intermediate …

Final goods are those goods that are manufactured to be consumed directly by the consumer

Intermediate goods are referred to as those goods that are used for producing final goods

Final goods are finished goods

Intermediate goods are goods that are partly prepared and can be referred to as unfinished goods or partly finished goods

Final goods are available for consumption or can be used for capital formation

Intermediate goods are available for reselling by the firms for generating profit

Final goods are ready to be consumed and therefore do not require any further processing

Intermediate goods require further processing in order to be consumed

Final goods are considered to be a part of national income and have an impact on the national income

Intermediate goods are not included in the national income and therefore have no impact

Final goods have inherent demand or direct demand

Intermediate goods do not have natural demand and the demand is derived based on user preference