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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   Croatia Price index: Producer prices Last Posted: Jul-17-2009 Last Certified: Jun-15-2009 Last Updated: Jun-15-2009 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Ms. Ana Nedeljković, Central Bureau of Statistics, Ilica 3, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia   Phone : 385 1 4893572   Fax : 385 1 4812 698   Email : nedeljkovica@dzs.hr  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 The Producers’ Price Index on domestic market is a Laspeyre’s index (2005=100). The PPI is calculated by using the National Classification of Activities (based on the NACE Rev. 2) for the following sections of industrial activities: B (Mining and quarrying), C (Manufacturing), D (Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply) and E (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities) and by main industrial groupings according to the end-use of products, as follows: Energy (AE), Intermediate goods, except energy (AI), Capital goods (B), Durable consumer goods (B), Non-durable consumer goods (CN). December of the previous year has been taken as the base month for price changes. Weights are based on sales value at the group level taken from the 2007 Annual Industry Report (IND-21 form). The major revision of the weighting system is done every five years, while, in relation to changes in prices, weights are partly corrected annually (price updating). The data are not seasonally adjusted.
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly.
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness Eight to ten working days after the end of a reference month.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar A release schedule for the coming year, specifying exact dates of release, is published each December under the title Publishing Programme. This document is available free of charge, in both Croatian and English, on request from the CBS's Information and Documentation Archive and Publications Division, Ilica 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia (Phone: 385 1 4806-154. Fax: 385 1 4806-148. CBS web site: (http://www.dzs.hr). An advance release calendar that provides release dates for the next quarter is also published in the CBS's Monthly Statistical Report.
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release The data are released simultaneously to all users by the issuance of the press release: First Release: Producers’ Price Indices of Industrial Products. First releases are available to all users, free of charge, immediately at the CBS’s web site: http://dzs.hr, or, on request, on paper. The data are subsequently published in the Monthly Statistical Report. These documents are available to all users in the CBS and on a subscription basis.
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 Central Bureau of Statistics All statistics collected and published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) are governed by the Croatian Law on Statistics (NG No. 103/03). The Statistical Survey Program specifies that the data on the real sector are to be published by the CBS. 0.1.2 Data sharing and coordination among data producing agencies Described under the Official Statistics Act (NN, No. 103/03). 0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Central Bureau of Statistics Under the Law on Statistics, the CBS cannot publish, or otherwise make available to any individual or organization, statistics that would enable the identification of data for any individual person or legal entity. 0.1.4 Ensuring statistical reporting Statistical reporting is obligatory, according to the Croatian Official Statistics Act (NN, No. 103/03). 0.2.1 Staff, facilities, computing resources, and financing One person works full time on the PPI in the CBS. 0.2.2 Ensuring efficient use of resources According to the written statement pursuant to the Official Statistics Act, official statistics should be collected and processed in the most efficient way. 1.1.1 Impartiality of statistics Central Bureau of Statistics The Law on Statistics established the statistical independence of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The Statistical Survey Program, is proposed by the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia based on the draft program prepared by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), together with other authorized bodies. 1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination Central Bureau of Statistics The Statistics Law and the Statistical program are published in Narodne novine, the official gazette of the Republic of Croatia, in Croatian. Both documents are disseminated on the CBS website (http://www.dzs.hr) in Croatian. Copies are also available in English on request from the contact person. The Narodne novine is available by subscription from the: Narodne novine Izdavački sektor Trg žrtava fašizma 7/II 10000 Zagreb, Croatia It is also disseminated on the Internet on (http://www.nn.hr). 1.3.1 Guidelines for staff behavior According to the Ethical Code for Civil Servants (NN, No. 49/2006)
Identification of internal government access to data before release	1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release No government officials have access to the data before their public release.
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases	1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products No ministerial commentary is attached to the release of the data.
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule The data are published as final and are not subject to any revision, a fact which is noted in the publications. Major revisions are done every five years, while weights as well as the product list are revised annually. 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Major changes in methodology are announced in the First Release: Producers' Price Indices of Industrial Products at the time the change was introduced.
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 A short explanation of the methodology is given in every issue of the First Release: Producers’ Price Indices of Industrial Products. More thorough methodological descriptions and definitions are given in every issue of the Monthly Statistical Report, annual Statistical Report as well as in the Statistical Yearbook.  (see also summary methodology). (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 First Release: CBS publishes PPI data for the reference month, showing indices according to the NKD 2007. sections and divisions and according to the MIGs 2008. broken down by end-use of products. 4.2.2 Temporal consistency The Monthly Statistical Report includes time series for the last 12 months. The Statistical Yearbook publishes time series data by economic activities (sections and divisions) for the past 10 years. The Annual Statistical Report publishes time series data, in Croatian only, which can be purchased or ordered in the CBS Information and Documentation Archive and Publications Division.
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