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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   Brazil Production index Last Posted: Jul-17-2009 Last Certified: Jul-3-2009 Last Updated: Jul-3-2009 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Dissemination Formats Summary Methodology Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics	5.1.1 Statistical presentation Industrial Production Indices are published based on the National Classification of Economic Activities – CNAE, in accordance with ISIC Rev.3.They are published in their original form. Four types of industrial production indices are released monthly:         Monthly fixed-base index (index number), comparing production in the reference month to the monthly average produced in the base year of the survey (2002); Monthly index, comparing production in the reference month of the index to the same month of the preceding year; Cumulative index, comparing cumulative production for the year, from January through the reference month, to the same period of the immediately preceding year; Cumulative index for the last twelve months, comparing cumulative production in the last twelve reference months of the index to the same immediately preceding period.       For Brazil as a whole, monthly fixed-base indices seasonally adjusted are also published for general industry, industry sections, industrial activities and broad economic categories. The X-12 ARIMA method is used for seasonal adjustment. At the regional and state level, only the monthly fixed-base index of general industry is seasonally adjusted.
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness Average lag of 40 days after the reference month.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar An advance release calendar that gives one quarter ahead notice of the precise release dates is published on the website of the Central Bank of Brazil (http://www.bcb.gov.br/sddsi/calendar_i.htm), and on IMF's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).     A calendar of the precise release dates of the following year is published in the end of the present year on the website of IBGE (http://www.ibge.gov.br).
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release Data are released simultaneously to all interested parties via: press release, fax, Internet in Portuguese, on www.ibge.gov.br. Releases in English or Spanish, on www.ibge.gov.br/english/default.php or www.ibge.gov.br/espanhol/default.php.
Integrity
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information	0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics National Statistical Agency The following laws provide the legal foundation for the statistical functions of the IBGE: Law 5534 of November 14, 1968 (Law on the obligatory character of providing statistical data); Law 5878 of May 11, 1973 (Law of creation of IBGE); Law 6183 of December 11, 1974 ( Law on Statistical and Geographical System); Decree 73.177 of November 20, 1973 that enacts these laws; Decree 74.084 of May 20, 1974 that approves the national statistical plan; and Decree 3.272 of December 3, 1999 that approves the organic law of the IBGE. According to these laws, dissemination of data by the IBGE is mandatory and free of charge. Production index The following laws provide the legal foundation for the statistical functions of the IBGE:   a.             Law 5534 of November 14, 1968 (Law on duty of providing statistical data);   b.             Law 5878 of May 11, 1973 (Law establishing IBGE Foundation);   c.             Law 6183 of December 11, 1974 (Law on statistical and geographical national systems);   d.             Decree 73.177 of November 20, 1973 that enacts these laws;   e.             Decree 74.084 of May 20, 1974 that approves the national statistical plan; and   f.              Decree 3.272 of December 3, 1999 that approves the organic law of the IBGE.   These laws establish the obligatory character of the provision of information to the IBGE and provide assurances of confidentiality of individual responses so that the data can be used only for statistical purposes. These laws are available to the public in Portuguese at the website of the Presidency of the Republic, under search of decrees and laws: http://www.planalto.gov.br   According to these laws, dissemination of data by the IBGE is mandatory and free of charge.     0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data National Statistical Agency Above mentioned laws provide assurances of confidentiality of individual responses so that the data can be used only for statistical purposes. Production index Above mentioned laws provide assurances of confidentiality of individual responses so that the data can be used only for statistical purposes.     0.1.4 Ensuring statistical reporting National Statistical Agency These laws also establish the obligatory character of the provision of information to the IBGE. Production index These laws also establish the obligatory character of the provision of information to the IBGE.     1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination National Statistical Agency These laws are available to the public in Portuguese at the website of the Presidency of the Republic, (http://www.planalto.gov.br under a search for decrees and laws). Production index These laws are available to the public in Portuguese at the Internet page of the Presidency of the Republic, under search of decrees and laws, (http://www.planalto.gov.br).
Identification of internal government access to data before release	1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release Directive 355 of  November 5, 2007, issued by the Ministry of Planning, Budget and  Management, establishes that data are provided to the authorities from the  preceding list at 7:00 a.m. on the day of release.        The data are released for the press  and disseminated on IBGE´s Internet website at 9:00 a.m.        The Directive and the relation of  authorities of the precedence list are available on the website (http://www.ibge.gov.br).
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases	1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products The analytical commentary accompanying the release of the indices is written entirely by the IBGE, with no comments from other branches or agencies of the government.
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule The regularly released indices are subject to revisions, i.e. indices are subject to adjustments up to the first month of the year preceding the reference year. This procedure is described in the methodological notes that accompany the dissemination of the indices. Comments on revisions of a methodological nature are included in these methodological notes of monthly releases. The last methodological revision was based on the results of the Annual Survey of Mining and Manufacturing Industry and also on the results of the Annual Survey of Mining and Manufacturing Industry – Product Statistics for 1998/2000.New data series is beginning in January, 2002 and the linking to historical index is for 1991 onward. 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. The regularly released indices are subject to revisions up to the first month of the year preceding the reference year. This procedure is described in the methodological notes that accompany the dissemination of the indices.       Comments on revisions of a methodological nature are included in the regular release of the indices in the form of methodological notes. The last methodological revision was based on the results of the Annual Survey of Mining and Manufacturing Industry and on the results of the Annual Survey of Mining and Manufacturing Industry - Product Statistics, for 1998/2000.       New data series is beginning in January 2002 and the linking to historical index is for 1991 onward.
Quality
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics	5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques The description of the main methodological aspects of the indices is an integral part of the publications "Indicadores IBGE - Pesquisa Industrial Mensal - Produção Física - Brasil" and "Indicadores IBGE - Pesquisa Industrial Mensal - Produção Física - Regional," which are available on the internet  ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Industrias_Extrativas_e_de_Transformacao/Pesquisa_Industrial_Mensal_Producao_Fisica/Fasciculos/   The new series methodology is available in IBGE Documentation and Dissemination Units throughout the country, whose addresses can be found on the Internet: http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/disseminacao/locaisdeatendimento/default.shtm   A methodology note about the main issues of Industrial Production new series is available on the internet: ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Industrias_Extrativas_e_de_Transformacao/Pesquisa_Industrial_Mensal_Producao_Fisica/Fasciculos/     (See also summary methodology)
Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness	4.2.1 Internal consistency Physical volume of production indices by industry´s activities enables comparisons with statistics regularly generated by business associations and other research institutes.   The Annual Survey of Mining and Manufacturing Industry - Product Statistics produced by the IBGE, which provide information at the level of products of enterprises, can also be used to check the results of the indices of Monthly Industrial Survey of Physical Production. 4.2.2 Temporal consistency Industrial production indices are published from 1971 onward.
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