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  4. Producer price index of industrial output

Producer price index of industrial output

Statistical activity code: 20408

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Economic and Environmental Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Jelena Jurkova

1.4. Contact person function

Analyst

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

jelena.jurkova [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

+372 625 8418

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

10/02/2023

2.2. Metadata last update

10/02/2023

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Producer price index of industrial output

3.2. Classification system

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

List of Products of the European Community (PRODCOM List)

3.3. Sector coverage

Enterprises of the following activities have been covered by the survey:

Mining and quarrying

Manufacturing

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

Water supply, sewerage

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Producer price index of industrial output – index that expresses the changes of producer prices of industrial goods manufactured and industrial services sold in Estonia.

3.5. Statistical unit

Enterprise

3.6. Statistical population

Enterprises whose main or secondary activity is mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; water supply, sewerage

FRAME

List of active enterprises whose main or secondary activity is mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; water supply, sewerage. The list is generated from the Business Register for Statistical Purposes.

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

3.8. Time coverage

1992–…

3.9. Base period

Starting from 2012, the producer price index of industrial output is published on the base 2010 = 100. To ensure comparability with previous periods, years 2002–2011 have been rebased.

4. Unit of measure

Index is without the unit

5. Reference period

Month

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)

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

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 (EU) 2015/458 of 19 March 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 657/2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the establishment of European sample schemes

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

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

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

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

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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

Monthly

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

The news release “Producer price index of industrial output, export and import price index” once a month. The news release can be viewed on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Uudiskiri (in Estonian).

10.2. Publications

Online article

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:

IA029: Producer price index of industrial output, change over previous year

IA039: Producer price index of industrial output, 2010 = 100 (months)

Discontinued datasets “Discontinued datasets / Economy. Archive / Prices. Archive”:

IA03: Producer price index of industrial output, change over previous year (1993-2002)

IA041: Producer price index of industrial output, 1995 = 100 (1997-2001, months)

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 21401 “National accounts (annual)”, 21405 “National accounts (quarterly)”, 21406 “Regional GDP”, 21408 “Supply and use tables”, 22201 “Production indices”, 20401 “Construction price index” and 20405 “Agricultural input price index”.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Handbook on Industrial Producer Price Indices (PPI), Eurostat (2012)

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

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

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)

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 the rules (regulations)

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 month (T + 20) or on the working day following it (except in February).

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 producer price index of industrial output (PPI) covers entire country and are comparable with other European Union countries.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The producer price indices of industrial output (PPI) 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

Cost of statistical activity 33.6 thousand euros (data for 2018)

Total time of filling in reports of the statistical activity, working days: 270.2

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

Tootjahind 0.6

(data for 2016)

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 within three months from the end of the reference period, if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available.

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Population is 2,400 objects. The sample is 530 objects.

An expert sample is drawn based on the share of products and services of the economic activity.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Not used

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Data from statistical activities 20206 “Energy consumption and production (annual)”, 20300 “Financial statistics of enterprises (annual)”, 20403 “Export Price Index”, 20405 “Agricultural Input Price Index”, 22203 “Manufactured goods and industrial services” and 22303 “Foreign trade” 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 statistical questionnaire “Producer price”.

18.4. Data validation

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

Since 2002 Statistics Estonia updates the weights system of the producer price index of industrial output and base prices for calculation every year. In the current year (t) the base prices for the calculation of the producer price index were the prices of the last year (t-1) December. The weights system corresponds to the industrial sales structure of enterprises in the year t-2. December of the last year (t-1) was the linking month.

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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