Producer price indices volume 2002, Supplement 2

Geographical coverage of weights
Location of price collection
Canada
Urban and rural areas in all provinces and territory
townships of Whitehorse and Yellowknife.
Price collection concentrated in large and
medium sized cities. For most commodities
these are considered representative of price
movements in smaller cities and rural areas.
Price collection extends to smaller cities for
those goods and services where prices are
recognised as being locally determined.
Mexico
46 cities throughout the country.
Prices are collected in retail outlets. Data
for rents and utilities are obtained from
households in 46 cities
United States
87 urban areas across the country.
Prices are collected from most retail outlets
by personal visits or through a paper form
in
urban
areas
of
2 500
and
more.
Telephone
contacts
are
used
for
households.
Australia
Households in eight capital cities.
Prices
are
collected
in
supermarkets,
restaurants, travel agents and schools by
trained staff of the ABS. Rail fares,
electricity and gas charges are collected
from the authorities concerned. Information
on
rents
are
obtained
from
property
management companies and government
housing commissions.
Japan
Whole of Japan.
Prices are collected from retail stores or
service establishments in 167 cities, towns
and villages using probability sample to
represent the whole country. Some prices
are collected by Prefectoral governments or
by the Statistics Bureau.
Korea
Urban areas of Korea.
Price data are collected in 36 major cities
(i.e. urban centres with population of more
than 50 000 inhabitants) by personal visits.
Prices, which are the same throughout the
country, are collected centrally.
New Zealand
All households except those living in remote areas
and offshore islands.
Prices are collected in 15 urban/suburban
areas.
These
are
considered
to
be
representative of the surrounding smaller
urban and non-urban areas.
Austria
Whole country.
Prices are collected in the 20 largest
Austrian cities.
Belgium
Whole country.
60% of prices are collected from 10 000
sale points in 65 localities spread over
country by representatives of the Ministry
of Economic Affairs. The remainder is
collected centrally.
Czech Republic
Whole country - both urban and rural areas.
Prices collected in 41 districts and in
Prague. Price collectors visit 10 000 outlets
in 194 locations. Some prices are collected
centrally,
mainly
from
administrative
sources.

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Price Indices
© 2002
Table 4: Consumer prices: Geographical coverage (continued)