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Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

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IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation ProgrammeCHAPTER 11: GENERAL INFORMATION ON MAINSOURCES USEDThe main data <strong>sources</strong> used <strong>for</strong> the annual estimation <strong>of</strong> GDP at constant prices are:Production Price Index (PPI), Consumer Price Index (CPI), Construction Cost Index(CCI) <strong>and</strong> Unit Value Index (UVI)11.1 Production Price Index (PPI)11.1.1 Composition <strong>of</strong> Producer (output) price indices <strong>and</strong> their purposeThe total producer (output) price index is composed <strong>of</strong> two sub indices: theproducer’s price index on the domestic market <strong>and</strong> the producer’s price index in thenon-domestic market (export price index).- PurposeProducer’s price indices measure changes in the level <strong>of</strong> producer’s prices <strong>of</strong>manufactured goods produced in <strong>Albania</strong> <strong>and</strong> sold by producers in the domestic(<strong>Albania</strong>n) <strong>and</strong>/or non-domestic market.- Output price indices <strong>of</strong> the domestic market measure changes in the level <strong>of</strong>producer’s prices <strong>of</strong> manufactured goods produced <strong>and</strong> sold by producers in thedomestic (<strong>Albania</strong>n) market.- Output price indices <strong>of</strong> the non-domestic market measure changes in the level <strong>of</strong>producer’s prices <strong>of</strong> manufactured goods sold by producers in <strong>for</strong>eign (non-<strong>Albania</strong>n) markets.11.1.2 HistoryIn 1999, <strong>INSTAT</strong> calculated the first <strong>of</strong>ficial PPI in <strong>Albania</strong> considering the 1998 asa base year. This index covered the following activities:- Forestry, A:02- Fisheries, B:05- Extracting industry, C:10-14- Processing industry, D:15-36The observation units were the economic enterprise with their main activitiesregistered in the relevant field <strong>of</strong> coverage. For the period from October 1998 to June1999, this sample was composed <strong>of</strong> 211 enterprises. In 1998, within the four-digitNEA categories, the enterprises were selected using the following criteria:1. Business figure2. Total number <strong>of</strong> employees3. Total sales per employeeThe first revision <strong>of</strong> index was done in May 2000 based on the results <strong>of</strong> the 1998Annual Structural Survey (ASS). This revision identified 400 additional enterprises,including the energy sector. For each enterprise a sample <strong>of</strong> products was selected<strong>and</strong> their prices are added on a monthly basis. A criterion <strong>for</strong> the selection <strong>of</strong> these133/236

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