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    <citation>
      <titlStmt>
        <titl>
           Producer Price Index December 2014/January 2015
        </titl>
        <IDNo>
          DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-PPI-JAN.2015
        </IDNo>
      </titlStmt>
      <prodStmt>
        <producer abbr="CAPMAS" affiliation="The Cabinets of Ministers" role="Collecting, processing and disseminating data">
          Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
        </producer>
        <prodDate date="2015-02-28">
          2015-02-28
        </prodDate>
        <software version="4.0.9" date="2013-04-23">
          Nesstar Publisher
        </software>
      </prodStmt>
      <verStmt>
        <version>
          V 1.0
        </version>
      </verStmt>
    </citation>
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  <stdyDscr>
    <citation>
      <titlStmt>
        <titl>
          Producer Price Index bulletin
        </titl>
        <altTitl>
          PPI
        </altTitl>
        <parTitl>
          Producer price index
        </parTitl>
        <IDNo>
          EGY-CAPMAS-PPI-OCT. &amp; NOV.2014
        </IDNo>
      </titlStmt>
      <rspStmt>
        <AuthEnty affiliation="The Cabinets of Ministers">
          Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
        </AuthEnty>
      </rspStmt>
      <prodStmt>
        <copyright>
          All rights reserved for the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics  2014
        </copyright>
        <software version="4.0.9" date="2013-04-23">
          Nesstar Publisher
        </software>
      </prodStmt>
      <distStmt>
        <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 
        </contact>
      </distStmt>
      <serStmt>
        <serName>
          Price Survey [hh/prc]
        </serName>
        <serInfo>
          Price Index series issued as a first P.I series of P.P.I as a base on (2004/2005) to replace the Wholesale Price Index as a base on (2000/1999) starts from September data 2007
        </serInfo>
      </serStmt>
      <verStmt>
        <version date="2015-03-05">
          V1.0
        </version>
      </verStmt>
    </citation>
    <stdyInfo>
      <subject>
        <topcClas>
          ISIC Ver4.
        </topcClas>
      </subject>
      <abstract>
        <![CDATA[Price Index series issued as a first P.I series of P.P.I as a base on (2004/2005) to replace the Wholesale Price Index as a base on (2000/1999) starts from September data 2007

2-	Target purposes:
        Measuring the changes in the domestic PPI levels of commodity & services, and considers one of the short term economic indicators of inflation. As well as used as factor of shrinking of national accounts and rely on it by various international organizations like IMF and ECB for comparisons, economic censorship, currency policy evaluation and economic analytical tool for every business men and researchers.  
  3-	Producer Prices :
Basic prices that paid to local producers as an exchange for commodity and services that they produce in production place, when delivered.
4-Price of Basic period :
Average prices of commodity & services in the fiscal year (2004/2005) as a base for the index chain of PPI .
5-Used weights in weighting :
Weights extracted by using the mean years (2002/2003, 2003/2004) for the gross value of industrial, agricultural, services production to avoid the effects of the huge and sudden changes that influence the production of some economic activity in case of selecting one year  
-Geographic area:
We took into account to represent all production areas on the republic level without constraint to a certain geographic area when structuring the producer price index. Number of sources of collecting prices is 1330 establishment .

7-	Commodity framework :
A-	We took into account the most selling items and represents some economic activities when selecting the commodity that will be in the producer price index .

‌B-	Commodity framework included 8 categories from the categories in the Economic activity in Arab Republic of Egypt for year 2006, to be consistent framework with National accounts planning system for year 1993.
Reached number of commodity & services inside the composition of Producer price index is 758 commodities.

8-	Divides of figure : 
·	Section of special framework of commodity & services in the PPI according to the economic activity classification manual in Arab Republic of Egypt for year 2006, and it’s an Arabic translation for the 4th edition of international economic activity classification added to it two sections for the local use
·	The framework including 8th categories, 37 main sections and 116 sub-economic activities as follows:
‌A-	 Agriculture, forestry and fishing, includes two main sections.
‌B-	Mining and quarrying, includes two main sections.
‌C-	Manufacturing, includes 23 main sections.           
 D- Supply of Electricity, Gas and Steam 
  Air conditioning, includes one main section.
E- Activity of Water supply, Sewage networks wastes management & treatment, includes two main sections.
 F- Transport and storage, include 4 main sections. 
 G- Activity of Food and accommodation services, includes two main sections.
 H- Activity of Information & Communication, includes one main section. 

·	Along with the section of Economic activity there is two other sections derivative in order to reclassify the items of categories of Agriculture activity, forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying and manufacturing according to the modified statistical guideline of foreign trade sorted by the coordinated system 2003, according to the customs tariffs issued by CAPMAS as follows :



(1)	Section according to final use :
includes 6 groups as follows:
	Fuel 
   Raw material
   Intermediate commodity  
   Consumer non-durable commodity 
   Consumer durables commodity
  Investment commodity 
   (2)Divided according to manufacturing degree: 
includes 5 main groups :
  Fuel
  Cotton
  Raw material
  Semi manufactured Commodity  
  Manufactured commodity]]>
      </abstract>
      <sumDscr>
        <timePrd date="2014-12-01" event="start" cycle="Monthly/ every two months"/>
        <timePrd date="2015-01-31" event="end" cycle="Monthly/ every two months"/>
        <collDate date="2014-12-01" event="start" cycle="Monthly"/>
        <collDate date="2015-01-30" event="end" cycle="Monthly"/>
        <nation abbr="EGY">
          Arab Republic of Egypt
        </nation>
        <geogCover>
          <![CDATA[All production areas on the republic level without constraint to a certain geographic area ]]>
        </geogCover>
        <anlyUnit>
          <![CDATA[Number of commodity & services inside the composition of Producer price index is 758 commodities.]]>
        </anlyUnit>
        <universe>
          <![CDATA[We took into account to represent all production areas on the republic level without constraint to a certain geographic area when structuring the producer price index. Number of sources of collecting prices is 1330 establishment .]]>
        </universe>
        <dataKind>
          Aggregated data 
        </dataKind>
      </sumDscr>
      <notes>
        Measuring the changes in prices over time
      </notes>
    </stdyInfo>
    <method>
      <dataColl>
        <dataCollector abbr="CAPMAS" affiliation="The Cabinets of Ministers">
          Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
        </dataCollector>
        <sampProc>
          <![CDATA[Two categories selected from samples as follows:
o	Sample of Sources
Including the specified collecting sources like whole trade markets in the governorates of the Republic, also the framework of production units which the sample taken with organized random method after excluding the production units which less than the production value of the specified value of incomes in samples 
o	Sample of Commodities & Services
Commodity & Services selected according to its higher production value and more representing the main economic activity of the establishment]]>
        </sampProc>
        <collMode>
          Personal Interview
        </collMode>
        <sources/>
        <collSitu>
          This step done by the section of food prices and industrial through regional sector    
        </collSitu>
        <actMin>
          <![CDATA[Statements collected and supervised by Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics ]]>
        </actMin>
        <weight>
          According to production value in every economic activity
        </weight>
        <cleanOps>
         Checking the data in the desk review followed by electronic audit
        </cleanOps>
      </dataColl>
      <anlyInfo>
        <respRate>
          97.5 %
        </respRate>
        <dataAppr>
         Reviewing the source and re-questioning in case of doubt
        </dataAppr>
      </anlyInfo>
    </method>
    <dataAccs>
      <useStmt>
        <confDec required="yes">
          <![CDATA[Public Statistics law no. (35), for 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-	Everybody should provide data that required by CAPMAS representatives with what is truth and in specified timing and to allow CAPMAS deputy to review all the documents to verify the 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 who break the previous provisions of articles or give incorrect data]]>
        </confDec>
        <contact affiliation="The Cabinets of Ministers" URI="www.capmas.gov.eg" email="pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg">
         Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
        </contact>
        <citReq>
          <![CDATA[Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics , PPI January 2014]]>
        </citReq>
        <conditions>
          All statistics released by CAPMAS has no terms of dealing that not included in law no. 35 or in the framework of law no.35
        </conditions>
        <disclaimer>
          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
        </disclaimer>
      </useStmt>
    </dataAccs>
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