## Producer, Export, and Import Price Index (PPIx)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Producer, Export, and Import Price Index (PPIx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/ppixol26-200)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.200
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Spanish
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience: This introductory course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to compile and disseminate producer price indexes (PPIs).
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience.

### Course logistics
- Session No.: OL 26.200
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Spanish

### Course description and scope
- Purpose: Provide participants a broad understanding of the concepts and methods required to compiling PPIs.
- Coverage includes:
  - 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.
  - Principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.
  - Issues related to expanding coverage of the services sectors, with emphasis on pricing methods for information and communication technology, transportation, distributive trade, and tourism services.
- Methodological foundation: The course follows the principles and recommended practices in the PPI (2004) manual.

### Topics and technical content
- 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.
- Expanding coverage of the services sectors.
- Practical skills: compiling index weights, collecting prices, calculating price indexes, and disseminating results.

### Course objectives
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.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.200S)
- [Tax Regional Workshop on Strategic Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/taxce26-43)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/ppixol26-200_