France - Producer Price Index (PPI)

Producer price indices (PPI) in industry for the French market measure trends in transaction prices, exclusive of VAT, for goods from industrial activities and sold on the French market. Producer price indices in industry for foreign markets show trends in transaction prices (converted into Euros and therefore including exchange rate effects), FAB, of goods from the activities of French industry sold on foreign markets. The combination of these two indices determines the producer price indices for industry (French and foreign markets).

Active:

• Framework: EU
• Classification:
  • Taxonomy: CPF Rev. 2, which aligns with NACE Rev. 2
  • Scope: Sections B to E
  • Aggregations: A*10, A*17, MIG
• Measurement: Fixed-base volume index relative to 2021 (Index 2021=100)
• Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
• Native frequency: Monthly
• Start date: Between 1995m1 and 2015m1

Predecessors:

• 2015=100 - {1995m1, 2013m1} to 2023m12 ("_15")
• 2010=100 - 2010m1 to {2016m8, 2016m9} ("_10")
• 2005=100 - {2005m1 ... 2005m10} to 2013m8 ("_05")
• 2000=100 - 2000m1 to 2008m12 ("00")

Global concept aliases:

• PPI.IFRA

These indices are calculated using the monthly price reports on some 24,000 products collected from a representative sample of 4,200 companies in the framework of the Industrial Prices and Corporate Services Observation Survey.

The calculation of Producer and Import Price Indices in industry satisfies a national, European or even an international requirement. They relate to the European regulation on short-term statistics ("STS" EC regulation no. 1165/98 of the Council of 19 May 1998, amended by the EC regulation no. 1158/2005 of the Council of 6 July 2005).

Producer price indices in industry for the French market : measure price evolutions for transactions involving goods and services that comes from the activities of French industry and sold on the French market. The measurement is established at the basic prices (excluding VAT, excluding taxes on the products and with subsidies on the products not deducted, including intra-group transactions), and at the market prices (excluding VAT, taxes on the products, subsidies on the products deducted, excluding intra-group transactions).

Moody's Analytics supplements

When necessary, we back-extend the general index to 1995m1. We construct a seasonally adjusted counterpart.

Yes.

The index base period is advanced every fifth year.

Further reading

At IMF (SDDS Plus):

• Production index (Jan 2024)
• Price index: Producer prices (Jan 2024)

• Sep 2005 - Initial version.
• Jan 2012 - Addendum of SA supplement.
• Mar 2013 - Rebased to 2010.
• Apr 2018 - Rebased to 2015.
• 30 Apr 2024, Phillip Thorne - Rebased to 2021: Properties, Moody's Analytics supplements, Further reading.