## Compilation of Producer Price Index

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**Canonical URL:** [Compilation of Producer Price Index](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2025/ppisa25-42)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 25.42
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: December 1-5, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training Program Overview
- Target audience: Compilers of producer price indexes (PPIs) who have not previously received in-person training on the topic.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.
- Session No.: SA 25.42
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: December 1-5, 2025 (1 week) New dates
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Course Description
- Purpose: Deepen participants' understanding of the concepts and methods of compiling PPIs.
- Scope: Provides an overview of the steps of index compilation including establishing index weights, sampling establishments, selecting and specifying transactions to be priced, calculating indexes, and disseminating the results.
- Analytical focus: The role of price indexes as deflators in the 2008 SNA is analyzed, as are related principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.
- 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.
  - Expanding coverage of the services sectors.

### Course Objectives
- 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.
- Link indices together to form continuous series.
- Define and identify the pricing methods to be used for services activities.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [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/sa/2025/ppisa25-42_