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          Monthly bulletin of average price for consumer of most important food commodity
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          DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-PFPS-8-2019
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        <producer abbr="CAPMAS" affiliation="The Cabinets of Ministers " role="Collecting, processing and disseminating data">
          Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
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          Monthly bulletin of average price for consumer of most important food commodity _August 2019
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          PFPS
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          Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
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          All rights reserved for the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics C 2013
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          Nesstar Publisher
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        <contact affiliation="Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics" URI="www.capmas.gov.eg" email="nic@capmas.gov.eg">
          National Information Center (NIC) in CAPMAS
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          Study of the Living Standards
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          A Special release for public dissemination for the public No. v2.1
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          Statistical Indicators
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          Urban/ Republic
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        <![CDATA[Food Commodity Prices represent the major importance to follow up the economic changes that happens in the domestic markets. Prices considers a fundamental source that the statistical outputs of CPI rely on and consider one of the most important statistical & Economic Indicators, and mostly related to the daily individuals lives, in addition to its impact on decisions taken in the economic fields.
 For the great importance of CPI, CAPMAS collecting the price of 964 commodity and services from all the Republic governorates monthly whether from urban areas or rural areas and from more than 10 thousand resource, also publish the CPI bulletin, which includes price index – annual & monthly change rate of main & sub categories and the general number in 8 geographic areas… the bulletin doesn’t include the commodity & services prices according to the International concepts way. 
 As C.A.P.M.A.S. keen to achieve the maximum benefits from the data that released in bulletins to clarify the average price of consumer for most important food commodity for the regular citizen and concerned people of following the prices.]]>
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          Arab Republic of Egypt
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          <![CDATA[CAPMAS release the monthly bulletin of average price for consumer of most important food commodity- Urban of the Republic]]>
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          The questionnaire study on the living standards on the level of domestic society through a study of the changing levels of food prices
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          Food commodity prices collected monthly from urban areas during the period of day 1st to 28th of every month and the number of resources (10085) for urban areas
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          Aggregated data
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        <![CDATA[1. Most important general indicators illustrated in graphs for most important food commodity  
2. Annual and Monthly change rate of most important food commodity – Urban or the Republic (by selecting a probabilistic sample represented in selling windows on the level of the Republic governorates) Urban]]>
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          Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
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          <![CDATA[By selecting a probabilistic sample represented in selling windows on the level of the Republic governorates (Urban)]]>
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          Personal Interview with the handheld tablet
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          <![CDATA[Form no. 1/714 used to collect statistics of food prices for consumers (urban) and divided into 5 samples as follows:
 Sample no. (1) Including groups: Cereals / Bean – Wheat / its products - Spice business. 
 Sample no. (2) Including groups: Meat – Poultry - Birds / Egg – Fish.
 Sample no. (3) Including groups: Vegetables / fresh fruits.
 Sample no. (4) Including groups: Grocery – Canned vegetables / fruits.
 Sample no. (5) Including groups: Milk products – Chocolate Biscuits / Bonbons – Dried fruits /Nuts / Soft drinks – Tobacco / Cigarettes.
 Sample no. (2) and (3) collected weekly at the first three days every week in the urban and with maximum of collection days in the 28th of the month, then sending e- mail in the next day of collection for two days.

 Sample no. (1), (4), (5) collected from day (15 to 21) monthly then sending e- mail in the next day for two days, then sending all the paper forms with maximum till day 29th of every month.]]>
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          <![CDATA[1-	Supervising, field reviewing and accurate desktop review of Price’s data.
  2-	The department of Data Quality Control monitors the field works.]]>
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          <![CDATA[Automatic editing & revision through a designed statistical program inside the handheld, which the data collectors use]]>
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          <![CDATA[Public Statistics Law No. 35 year 1960, Article No. 403

1-	Macro data is confidential and not allowed to be reviewed by any individual or authority.
2-	Not allowed to use any statistical statement as a basis for linking tax, and not used as an evidence for any judicial or legal action.
3-	All should provide data that required by CAPMAS representatives with what represent the truth and in a specified timing and to allow CAPMAS deputy to review all the documents to verify these statements.
4-	Punished by prison with no less than a month, and not more than 6 months and with a fine not less than 100 L.E. and not exceed than 500 L.E. for those who break the previous provisions of articles or give incorrect data.]]>
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        <contact affiliation="The Cabinets of Ministers " URI="www.capmas.gov.eg" email="pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg">
          Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
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          <![CDATA[Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics، monthly bulletin of CPI  January 2014.  release no. 1.1 (02 - 2014). Cairo - Arab Republic of Egypt]]>
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          All statistics released by CAPMAS has no terms of dealing that not included by law no. 35 or in the framework of law no.35
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          CAPMAS presents these data with no guarantees and with no included responsibility of results or conclusions based on these results, as well as, it has no responsibility of any executed activity upon these results or data.
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        <![CDATA[Data processed through:
  First: The field reviewer be with the researcher in the field work.
  Second: The desktop reviewer review the prices.
  Third: Then the general supervisor makes the final review.]]>
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          A Special release for public dissemination for the public No. v2.1
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