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Construction price index

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Economic and Environmental Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Ülo Paulus

1.4. Contact person function

Leading Analyst

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

ylo.paulus [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

37251900736

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

27/03/2025

2.2. Metadata last update

27/03/2025

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Construction price index; repair and reconstruction work price index; road maintenance work price index

3.2. Classification system

Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2

3.3. Sector coverage

The survey covers enterprises that have shown the cost of their own construction work in Estonia as well as sellers of building materials.

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Construction price index – expresses the change in the cost of construction characteristic of the base year taking into consideration the price changes of basic inputs.

Repair and reconstruction work price index – expresses the change in the cost of repair and reconstruction work for office buildings taking into consideration the price changes of basic inputs.

Road maintenance work price index – index that expresses the change in the cost of road maintenance work taking into consideration the price changes of basic inputs.

3.5. Statistical unit

Enterprise

3.6. Statistical population

Enterprises whose main activity is construction (general construction activities; electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities; enterprises specialising in specific construction activities) and which use labour, building machines and building materials in their production process

Enterprises whose main activity is the wholesale of building materials and road construction enterprises

FRAME

List of enterprises whose main activity is construction, the wholesale of building materials and road construction. The list is generated from the Business Register for Statistical Purposes.

List of enterprises who reported construction production in the Structural Business Survey questionnaire (called EKOMAR). The list is based on the data of respondents who submitted the questionnaire as part of the statistical activity 20300 “Financial statistics of enterprises (Annual)”.

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

3.8. Time coverage

1994–…

3.9. Base period

The base year for the index is 1997 = 100.

4. Unit of measure

Index is without unit

5. Reference period

Month

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Regulation (EC) No 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics

Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics

Regulation (EU) No 461/2012 of 31 May 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1503/2006, (EC) No 657/2007 and (EC) No 1178/2008 as regards adaptations related to the removal of the industrial new orders variables

Regulation (EC) No 329/2009 of 22 April 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the updating of the list of variables, the frequency of compilation of the statistics and the levels of breakdown and aggregation to be applied to the variables

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1503/2006 and (EC) No 657/2007 as regards adaptations following the revision of statistical classifications NACE and CPA

Commission Regulation (EC) No 472/2008 of 29 May 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Revision 2 and, for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Revision 2, the level of detail, the form, the first reference period, and the reference period

Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2007 of 14 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the establishment of European sample schemes

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006 of 28 September 2006 implementing and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards definitions of variables, list of variables and frequency of data compilation

Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains

Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

COMMISSION DECISION of 22 February 1994 on measures to be taken for the implementation of Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom on the harmonization of the compilation of gross national product at market prices (94/168/EC, Euratom)

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Not available

7. Confidentiality
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia (in Estonian). See more details on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Õigusaktid.

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

Calendar

8.3. User access

All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Quarterly

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

The news release “Construction price index” once a quarter. The news release can be viewed on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Uudiskiri (in Estonian).

10.2. Publications

Not published

10.3. Online database

Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Economy / Prices” in the following tables:

IA09: Construction price index, change over previous year

IA10: Construction price index, 1997 = 100 (quarters)

IA11: Construction price index, 1994 = 100 (months)

IA12: Repair and reconstruction work price index, change over previous year

IA13: Repair and reconstruction work price index, 1997 = 100 (quarters)

IA14: Repair and reconstruction work price index, 1997 = 100 (months)

IA143: Road maintenance work price index, change over previous year

IA144: Road maintenance work price index, 4th quarter 2006 = 100 (quarters)

10.4. Microdata access

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes.

10.5. Other

Data serve as input for statistical activities 20103 “Construction volume indices”, 20405 “Agricultural input price index”, 20412 “Dwelling price index and owner-occupied housing price index”, 21401 “National accounts (annual)”, 21405 “National accounts (quarterly)”, 21406 “Regional GDP” and 21408 “Supply and use tables”.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Producer Price Index Manual. Theory and Practice, International Monetary Fund (2004)

http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/tegppi/index.htm

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/ppi/2010/manual/ppi.pdf

Methodology of short-term business statistics. Interpretation and guidelines, Eurostat (2006)

10.7. Quality documentation

The reports from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament concerning Short-Term Statistics, PEEI in focus

11. Quality management
11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance
12.1. User needs

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

Ministry of Finance

Eesti Pank (central bank of Estonia)

Estonian Association of Construction Entrepreneurs

Association of Construction Material Producers of Estonia

Tallinn city government

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys.

12.3. Completeness

In compliance with with the volume and deadlines of the European Union requirements: Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics; Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 of the European Parliament oand of the Council of 6 July 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not measured

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

The data are published 20 days after the end of the reference quarter (T + 20) or on the following working day.

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The construction price index (CPI) covers entire country and are comparable with other European Union countries.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The construction price indices (CPI) are comparable across time. The indices can be chain-linked to make comparisons over time.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

There are no direct benchmark figures to check cross domain coherence.

15.4. Coherence - internal

The internal consistency of the data is ensured by the use of a common methodology for data collection and data aggregation. The sub-indices are coherent with the total index.

16. Cost and burden

Total time of filling in reports of the statistical activity, hours: 823

Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report:

Ehitushind 0,6;

Ehitusmaterjalide hind 0,5

(data for 2022)

17. Data revision
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia.

17.2. Data revision - practice

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available.

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Total population is 1,700 construction companies and 100 wholesale companies of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment as well as road construction companies.

The sample includes 85 construction companies and 70 wholesale companies of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment as well as road construction companies.

An expert choice of construction companies is made. Wholesale companies of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment and road construction companies are sampled by sales volume of construction materials.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Not used

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Data from statistical activities 20007 “Financial statistics of enterprises (quarterly)”, 20300 “Financial statistics of enterprises (annual)”, 20407 “Consumer Price Index” and 20408 “Producer Price Index of Industrial Output” are used.

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Monthly

18.3. Data collection

Data are collected and the submission of questionnaires is monitored through eSTAT (the web channel for electronic data submission). The questionnaires have been designed for independent completion in eSTAT and include instructions and controls. The questionnaires and information about data submission are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Questionnaires.

Data are collected with the monthly official statistics questionnaires “Construction price” and “Price of construction materials”.

Price information is collected by sample survey, which includes Estonian construction and wholesale enterprises and retail trade enterprises of ten cities.

18.4. Data validation

The input data is checked and, if necessary, corrected according to specified rules. The compliance of estimated statistics with the quality requirements is checked as well: comparisons are made with previous periods, internal coherence, the coverage of the total population and the response rate are checked.

18.5. Data compilation

On the bases of collected data Laspeyres-type price indices are calculated. Microdata are aggregated on the required level.

The calculation of the construction price index covers four groups of buildings – detached houses, apartment buildings, industrial build­ings and office buildings. Basic inputs are divided into three main groups: labour force, building materials and building machines.

In repair and reconstruction work price index basic inputs are divided into three main groups: labour force, building materials and building machines.

The annual index has been calculated as the average of twelve months.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applied

19. Comments

Not available

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