Acquisitions of fixed assets comprise new or existing fixed assets which have been acquired (purchased, acquired in barter transactions, received as capital transfers in kind or acquired as a financial lease), fixed assets produced and retained for the producer's own use, major improvements to fixed assets and to non-produced tangible assets, natural growth in agricultural assets (livestock and plantations) and costs associated with the transfer of ownership of non-produced assets (cf. ESA 95, 3.103(a)).
Pridobitve osnovnih sredstev zajemajo nova ali obstoječa osnovna sredstva, ki so bila pridobljena (kupljena, pridobljena z barterskimi transakcijami, prejeta kot kapitalski prenosi v naravi ali pridobljena s finančnim lizingom), osnovna sredstva, proizvedena in zadržana za proizvajalčevo lastno uporabo, velike izboljšave osnovnih sredstev in neproizvedenih opredmetenih sredstev, naravno rast v kmetijskih sredstvih (živina in nasadi) ter stroške, povezane s prenosom lastništva neproizvedenih sredstev (prim. ESR 95, 3.103(a)).