Statistics Portugal

National Accounts Department / Short Term Statistics Unit

Mrs. Adelina Andrade.  

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)

Avenida António José de Almeida, 5

1000-043 Lisboa, Portugal

The Industrial Products Import Price Index has to measure the monthly price evolution of industrial products (products of classes 0610, 1920 and 2910) of Portugal countries of the European Union belonging to the non-euro area and third countries.

When the data of a new period is disseminated, data from the two previous periods are revised. The data become final in the March dissemination of following the year to which the data refer.

NACE Rev. 2            

Activity coverage: CPA 2008 Groups 06.10, 19.20 and 29.10 – European sample scheme

Size coverage: Exhaustive

Definitions correspond to the Commission Regulation Nr. 1503/2006

Reporting unit: Enterprise

Observation unit(s): Product

All units in reporting external trade statistics to CPA 2008 06.10, 19.20 and 29.10

Sample Frame: 10, Units reporting: 10 for Base Year 2015.

Portugal

Base 2015: from 01/2005 onwards

Base year: 2015

Indices

Month

Legal basis: at National level The general framework is the law”Lei 22/2008” from May 13th and STS regulation(EBS) Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on 27 November 2019 and the Commission implementing Regulation 2020/1197 at European level

Obligation on units to provide data: The survey is mandatory and fines up to EUR 50,000 be applied.

Planned changes in legal basis, obligation to respond and frame used : None

Data are transmitted to other international organizations (Eurostat).

The National Statistical Law (”Lei 22/2008” from May 13th) establishes the main principles as well as the working methods and composition of the Statistical System.

Not applicable - data is not published.

Not applicable - data is not published.

Not applicable - data is not published.

Simultaneous release to all interested parties: Not applicable - data is not published.

Identification of internal government access to data before release: Not applicable - data is not published.

Transmission to Eurostat and further use of the statistics: data is sent to eurostat via edamis in SDMX format

Monthly, 36 days after the end of reference period

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Data are only transmitted to Eurostat for european aggregates and are not published at national level

A detailed methodological note in Portuguese only for base year 2015 will be available as soon as possible

Not available.

Data is validated at the International Trade Unit, confronted with VAT and VIES data.

All procedures respect the quality policy defined in INE’s Code of Practice can be found at https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_inst_cqualidade

Indices are based on reliable data;  Further methodological details and other information can be found in point 14.

Short-term statistics are used by different national (such as Central Bank, Ministry of Finance and researchers) and international institutions (Eurostat) and non-institutional users, according to the needs expressed in the Statistical Superior Council (SSC). The SSC is the body where are analyzed the user’s needs and defined the Statics Program.

Not applicable

Only indices for CPA 0610, 1920, 2910 are available and not published.

The import price indices are provisional, then revised three times, i.e. final at m+120.

No bias has been observed.

It is not possible to indicate a classical sampling error.

Response Rate

100%.

Actions to speed up or increase the rate of response

Not applicable, since the response rate is normally 100% for the first delivery

This indicator is released 45 days after the end of the reference period. The monthly data is considered to be definitive one year after the end of the calendar year in which the reference month falls. Revisions are made to the two previous periods.

STS deadlines have been respected.

Due to harmonized STS indices in the European Union, it is possible to compare calculated Portuguese aggregates with those of other European countries. There is no regional desegregation, but all national territory is covered, including the AR’s (Azores and Madeira).

To ensure comparability over time, it is tried to keep the data base as steady as possible. STS indices are compared over time (previous month and year). Base 2015 series have been back casted until 2005. Base 2010 have been back casted also until 2005. Base 2005 series have been back casted until 2000.

Cross-checks with absolute STS-values (previous month and year).  At the first release moment no other data is available for comparisons. At the end of each year an annual trend is compared with the trend of the administrative source IES/SBS. 3 months after the release period comparisons with an administrative source – Social Security - for 2 digits level NACE Rev 2 (confidential data). Trade Statistics are the source of the sample.

Not applicable.

Cost and burden can only be measured for the whole variables 120,121,122 210, 220 and 230. Cost remain 4907 (this measurement wasn´t updated) and burden 28,5 minutes evaluated by inquiry made on 2016.

The document “Politica de Revisões” (revision policy) contains the guidelines to follow. This document can be found following the link:

https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_inst_politrevisao

The same revision policy is applied to both data released nationally and that sent to Eurostat.

Note: If the link doesn't work please copy it and paste in the address bar

When the data of a new period is disseminated, data from the two previous periods are revised. The data become final in the March dissemination of following the year to which the data refer.

Quality indicators and the size of regular reviews are not available yet.

Type of source: International trade micro data

Frame on which the source is based: Not applicable

Sample of census: Census.

Criteria for stratification: Not applicable

Threshold values and percentages: Not applicable

Frequency of updating the sample: Not applicable

Data are collected on a monthly basis.

Questionnaires used in the survey: Not applicable. Data is sent by external trade units in .xls format.

Planned changes in national questionnaires: Not applicable

Data collection media:Not applicable

Planned changes in data collection methodology: Not applicable

Not applicable. External Trade Unit sends the data already validated.

Estimates for non-response: Not applicable

Estimates for grossing-up to population levels:  Not applicable

Type of index: The import industry prices index is expressed in a Laspeyres index type.

Method of weighting and chaining: Total imports. Weights change every year.

Planned changes in production methods: Not applicable

Frequency of weight update: Weights change every year

WDA, SA and other calculations: Not applicable

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