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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   Latvia Production index Last Posted: Apr-24-2009 Last Certified: Jan-6-2009 Last Updated: Apr-10-2008 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Mrs. Ramona Skakunova, Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), 1 Lāčplēša Street, Riga, Latvia LV-1301   Phone : 371 67 366 953   Fax : 371 67 830 137   Email : Ramona.Skakunova@csb.gov.lv  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 Data are disseminated on the industrial production indices, Laspeyres indices (2000=100) covering the manufacturing, mining, electricity, gas, and water supply sectors. The indices measure the volume of production, which are weighted by the 2000 base period prices to obtain indices for industry branches. These branch indices are then weighted by the base period of the branch (The 2000 base period weights are constant.) Each month data are collected from 1,446 ( in 2008)  enterprises. From January 2003 the data are seasonally adjusted. Data are collected monthly from economically active enterprises that employ 20 or more persons in industrial production or where industrial turnover in the previous year was higher than 300 thsd lats. Prior to 1999, the coverage included all public sector enterprises and private businesses engaged in industrial production with 50 or more employees (20 or more employees for businesses engaged in the production of wood, articles of wood and cork), or with a net turnover exceeding 200,000 thsd lats in the calendar year preceding the reference period. From 2002, the average output per month was taken as the base for calculating the average monthly index (2000=100).
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness Within 34 working days 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 showing approximate release dates for the coming four months is disseminated on the CSB's Internet website with following link http://www.csb.gov.lv/SDDS-calendar.   Copies of the calendar are also available at the information center of the CSB. The "Monthly Bulletin of Latvian Statistics" indicates where users can access the advance release calendar.
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 "Industrial production index in xxxx (month)" both to the media and to the main government officials.
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 Statistical Bureau of Latvia All statistics collected and published by the CSB are governed by the Law on State Statistics adopted on November 6, 1997. The CSB disseminates the data it compiles as a service to the public. 0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia The Law on State Statistics provides that the CSB cannot publish, or otherwise make available to any individual or organization, statistics that would enable the identification of data for any individual person or entity. 1.1.1 Impartiality of statistics Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia The Law on State Statistics guarantees that statistical analysis shall be objective and independent from any political party or trend, and that State authorities shall under no circumstances be allowed to influence the decisions of statistical agencies based on the provided statistical information. 1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia The Law on State Statistics is published in Latvian in the official government newspaper. The public may obtain a copy of the Law, and an unofficial translation into English, from the Information Center of the CSB and is also available at  http://www.csb.gov.lv/csp/content/?cat=350.
Identification of internal government access to data before release
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases
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.  The published data are subject to revision in the end of each quarter. 4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data The revised data are published labeled as “Revised data” in the “Monthly bulletin of Latvian Statistics”. The revisions are announced simultaneously with the publication. 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Major changes in methodology are announced in the relevant publications at the time the data compiled using the revised methodology are first published. At the same time changes are available on the Data base.
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 description of the methodology and sources used to compile the volume indices is published in the "Monthly Bulletin of Latvian Statistics" and CSB internet website.    (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 The press release Report on Industrial Output publishes: Industrial Production Output changes (seasonally adjusted data) for current month compared with the corresponding month of the previous year and with the previous month. The "Monthly Bulletin of Latvian Statistics" has published the following detailed data: (1) time series data on the total production index (annual for the latest 3 years, quarterly for the previous year, monthly for the previous and current year) showing the current period compared with the previous period, and the current period compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, and data adjusted by working days showing current period compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, and 2000=100; and (2) detailed indices at the 2-digit and 3-digit level of NACE Rev. 1.1 showing the unadjusted data for period from the beginning of the current year compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, the seasonally adjusted and unadjusted data for current month compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, and the current month compared with the previous month. The "Monthly Bulletin of Latvian Statistics" published indices for major subgroups [manufacturing; mining; and electricity, gas, and water supply] and for branches at the 2-digit level. 4.2.2 Temporal consistency The "Statistical Yearbook of Latvia" publishes the following detailed data: (1) annual time series data on the total production index 2000=100 and for the period of previous year from 2000 to 2006; (2) detailed annual indices at the 2-digit level of NACE, Rev. 1.1  (2000=100) for the period from 2000 to 2006. The CSB internet website http://www.csb.gov.lv/indicators and databases http://www.csb.gov.lv/databases disseminates monthly, quarterly and annual time series data for the following detailed data: seasonally adjusted, unadjusted and by working day adjusted data on the total production index for the period since 2000: the period compared with the previous period; and the period compared with the corresponding period of the previous year and 2000=100. Also the CSB internet website disseminates seasonally adjusted and unadjusted time series data for the main industrial groupings showing the current period compared with the previous period, and the current period compared with the corresponding period of the previous year and 2000=100.
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