Producer, Export, and Import Price Statistics
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- Session: JV 26.36
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: November 9-13, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed
Program overview and logistics
- Training Program: Producer, Export, and Import Price Statistics
- Session No.: JV 26.36
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Date: November 9-13, 2026 (1 week) New dates
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Russian
- Target Audience: Compilers of producer price indexes (PPIs) and export-import price indexes (XMPIs).
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience.
Course description — scope and methodological focus
- Purpose: Deepen participants' understanding of the concepts and methods of compiling PPIs and XMPIs.
- Overview of index compilation steps:
- Establishing index weights.
- Sampling establishments.
- Selecting and specifying transactions to be priced.
- Calculating indexes.
- Disseminating the results.
- Analytical emphasis:
- The role of price indexes as deflators in the 2025 SNA.
- Related principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.
- Coverage expansion: Issues related to expanding coverage of the services sectors are emphasized, including an overview of pricing methods for:
- Information and communication technology services.
- Transportation services.
- Distributive trade.
- Tourism services.
- Specific methodological topics covered:
- Calculating elementary aggregate indexes with and without item weights.
- Methods for handling temporarily and permanently missing items.
- Chaining and linking indexes with updated weighting structures.
- Compiling export-import indexes using the hybrid methodology.
- Expanding coverage of the services sectors.
- Reference frameworks followed: The course follows the principles and recommended practices in the PPI (2004) and XMPI (2009) manuals.
Course objectives and practical competencies
- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Apply specific principles to develop and update index weights.
- Calculate price indexes based on collected prices and weights.
- Apply methods for dealing with index compilation challenges such as unavailable items, quality change, and item substitution.
- Define and identify the pricing methods to be used for services activities.
- Identify suitable data sources to support the compilation of reliable XMPIs.
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