## Producer, Export, and Import Price Statistics

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**Canonical URL:** [Producer, Export, and Import Price Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2026/peijv26-36)

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## Bibliographic details
- 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

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### 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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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2026/peijv26-36_