Austria - Wholesale Price Index

For Austria, a detailed wholesale price index (WPI), monthly. It shows price trends for goods that are sold by wholesale enterprises. The WPI is used by public authorities and domestic and foreign companies and serves as a deflator for various indicators. 

Active:

• Native term: Index der Großhandelspreise (GHPI)
• Classification:
• ÖNACE-2008 (localization of NACE Rev. 2)
• 45.11-1 Wholesale of motor vehicles
• 45.31-0 Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
• 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
• Measurement: Fixed-base index relative to 2025 (Index 2025=100)
• Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
• Native frequency: Monthly
• Start date: Uniformly 2026m1

Predecessors:

• 2020=100 - 2021m1 to 2025m12
• 2015=100 - 2016m1 to 2020m12 ("_15")
• 2010=100 - 2010m3 to 2015m12 ("_10")
• 2005=100 - 2000m1 to 2010m12 ("05")

Global concept alias:

• WPI

The source writes:

The index of wholesale prices is one of the most important indicators of price development. The motivation for the index is to indicate price trends for goods that are sold by wholesale enterprises. 

It is used by public authorities and domestic and foreign companies in addition to serving as a deflator for various indicators. 

The wholesale price index uses a basket of goods that consists of 384 items. The prices of the goods are surveyed at approximately 220 wholesale enterprises. This provides around 1400 wholesale selling prices each month. 

Monthly revisions: Unknown.

Since 2000, the index base has been advanced every fifth year.

Further reading

At the source: 

• Standard documentation (pdf, German)

At Eurostat:

• Industrial producer price index overview

At IMF (SDDS Plus):

• Price index: producer prices

• Sep 2005 - Initial version.
• May 2017 - Rebased to 2015.
• Feb 2021 - Rebased to 2020.
• 19 Feb 2026, Phillip Thorne - Rebased to 2025: Properties.