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Spain
Production index

Last Posted:	Apr-3-2009
Last Certified:	Dec-30-2008
Last Updated:	Apr-2-2009

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	Mr. Benjamín Fontanillo, Directorate of Industrial and Agricultural Statistics, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE (National Statistics Institute), Castellana Avenue, 183, Madrid, Spain 28046
	Phone :	34 91 5839175
	Fax :	34 91 5839081
	Email :	bfonta@ine.es
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Summary Methodology
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The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics
5.1.1 Statistical presentation
Data are disseminated on industrial production indices, for the industrial activity covering the industrial sectors of energy, mining and manufacturing, but excluding building (Laspeyres type indices base and weight year 2005).
Periodicity
4.1.1 Periodicity
Monthly
Timeliness
4.1.2 Timeliness
Within 6 weeks after the end of the reference month.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of
release calendar
5.1.3 Advance release calendar

An advance release calendar which gives at least one-quarter-ahead notice of the precise release dates is disseminated on INE's Internet website (http://www.ine.es).

The advance release calendar that shows the precise release dates for the coming year is disseminated in the last quarter of each year. The calendar is presented to the media at a news conference, and is also disseminated on the INE's Internet website.
Simultaneous release to all
interested parties
5.1.4 Simultaneous release

The data are released simultaneously to all interested parties by issuing the press release "Indices de Producción Industrial". At the same time, the data are also sent by fax to subscribers, and are posted on the INE´s Internet website (http://www.ine.es) almost immediately after the press release is issued.
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
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
The compilation and dissemination of the data are governed by the Statistical Law No. 12/1989 "Ley de la Función Estadística Pública" of May 9, 1989, and Law No. 4/1990 of June 29 on “Presupuesto General del Estado para 1990,” amended by Law No. 13/1996 "Medidas Fiscales, Administrativas y del Orden Social" of December 30, 1996.
0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Law No. 12/1989 specifies that the INE cannot publish, or make otherwise available, individual data or statistics that would enable the identification of data for any individual person or entity (Article 13).

Furthermore, Law No. 15/1999 of December 13 on Data Protection contains provisions on confidentiality.
0.1.4 Ensuring statistical reporting
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Law 4/1990 of June 29 on “Presupuesto General del Estado para 1990,” amended by Law No. 13/1996, makes it compulsory for all households and enterprises to respond to the statistical questionnaires included in the National Statistical Plan.
1.1.1 Impartiality of statistics
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Law No. 12/1989 establishes the statistical independence of INE in terms of statistical methodology, the publication and dissemination of results, and the design of standard systems on concepts, definitions, statistical units, classifications, nomenclatures and codes for data classification and results presentation (Article 30).
1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Law No. 12/1989 requires the dissemination to the public of all statistical data included in the National Statistical Plan - a four-year plan, which is approved by "Real Decreto" [Royal Decree] (Article 20).

The Law No. 12/1989, the Law No. 4/1990 and the Law No. 13/1996, and the Royal Decree are available in Spanish on the official website for the "Boletín Oficial del Estado" (http://www.boe.es) . The Law No. 12/1989 (in Spanish and English) and the Royal Decree (in Spanish) are also available on INE´s Internet website (http://www.ine.es).
1.3.1 Guidelines for staff behavior
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Handbook on Good Practices in the Production of Official Statistics and handbook on Statistical Confidentiality, which are based on the Law 12/1989, Royal Decree 428/1993, Royal Decree 994/1999, and Law 15/1999, contain provisions on staff behavior.
Identification of internal
government access to data
before release
1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
The results of the National Statistics Institute are transferred confidentially to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministries involved in statistical issues and the Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Communities (NUTS-2) for press briefing purposes.
Identification of ministerial
commentary on the occasion of
statistical releases
1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

No ministerial commentary is published with the data.
Provision of information
about revision and advance
notice of major changes in
methodology
4.3.1 Revision schedule
The data are provisional when first released. Although there is no regular revision policy, the data may be updated after the receipt of additional information from enterprises. The revised data are disseminated on the INE's Internet website and TEMPUS database, but there is no notification of when the data become final.
4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data
Provisional data are indicated as such in publications.
1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Advance notice of major changes in methodology expected to take place during a particular year is given in the annual publication "Plan de actuación del Instituto Nacional de Estadística", which is published in Spanish in the last quarter of the previous year. A copy of this publication may be ordered from INE´s Area de Información (Phone: 34 91 5839290. Fax: 34 91 5839158. E-mail: info@ine.es)
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

Brief notes on methodology are published with the advance release calendar on the INE´s Internet website (http://www.ine.es).

5.2.2 Disseminated level of detail
More complete documentation is available in Spanish in the publication "Indices de Producción Industrial, Monografía Técnica. Base 1972", copies of which may be ordered from INE´s Area de Información. (See the cell above for contact details.)

(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
4.2.2 Temporal consistency
The INE's TEMPUS database disseminates monthly time series data for the period since January 1975.

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