The purchase price index of major raw materials was 59.8 , with an increase of 1.1 percentage from the previous month, and the ex factory price index was 54.3 , which was the same as last month, both were at high points during the year.

The Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics, having completed work on best practice manuals for consumer and producer price indices, made progress in drafting a parallel manual on export and import price indices.

Criteria and parameters for price adjustments are sometimes indicated in the law, as in the case of official price indices.

Services producer price indices

Purchase Price

The adjustments were made in accordance with the movement of the United States consumer price index (CPI) and, if applicable, of the CPI of the country of residence, subject to the requirement that the relevant index had moved by at least 3 per cent since the last adjustment.

(a) In most places three price indices consumer, wage or a combination of the two were variously used for interim adjustment

Note The average ratio is obtained by dividing index numbers for border prices by the index numbers for world market prices (multiplied by 100) for each year.

The consumer price index rose only 2.1 per cent in 1997.

c Ratio of the index of free market prices for each group of commodities to that of the export unit value of manufactures.

On July 10, the National Bureau of Statistics released the June 2016 Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI).

Theoretical guidance has been provided in the International Monetary Fund Producer Price Index manual, to be published under the aegis of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics, and will be further addressed in the OECD handbook on hedonic price indices, to be published in 2006.

(1)The values thereof varies with particular interest rates, prices of financial instruments, prices of commodities, foreign exchange rates, price indexes, premium rate indexes, credit ratings, credit indexes and other similar variables if the variable is a non financial variable, there shall not exist any special relationship between such variable and any party to the contract

Ammonium nitrate can be purchased easily and cheaply in most countries as fertilizer.

The Board considers that the Office should monitor centrally the procurement performance of the integrated divisions and develop and monitor procurement performance indicators, such as speed of delivery and prices.

Furthermore, there were no means for comparing local procurements with international procurements in order to determine whether prices were reasonable.

Table 1 Monthly indices of market prices of selected primary commodities

Note The average ratio is obtained by dividing annual index numbers for producer prices by the annual index numbers for export unit values (multiplied by 100).

The buffer stock purchases had helped to arrest falls in rubber prices, and sales had contributed to checking steep rises in prices.

The joint OECD Eurostat Task Force on Services Prices in Short Term Statistics is preparing a guide for the compilation of producer price indices for services.

It is worth noting other international work that does or may in future draw on the outputs of the Voorburg Group, for example the current work in progress on the manual on trade price indices under the aegis of IMF and the possible revision of the Producer Price Index Manual to incorporate work on services producer price index.

There is also the issue of the so called reserve price (the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a good or service). The reserve price places a cap on how high commodity prices will go, as it is the price at which demand destruction occurs (consumers are no longer willing or able to purchase the good or service).

(b) To ensure appropriate emphasis is given to both price and non price criteria in procurement proceedings

(e) Indicators and evaluation parameters need to be weighted for the quantitative evaluation of the data.

Article 20An embedded derivative instrument shall refer to a derivative instrument which is embedded into a non derivative instrument (namely, the principal contract) so that some or all of the cash flow of the mixed instrument changes with the change of particular interest rates, prices of the financial instrument, prices of commodities, foreign exchange rates, pricing indexes, premium rate indexes, credit ratings, credit indexes or other similar variables.

Objectivity in the process could also be improved if procuring entities were to compare prices received with pre tender estimates based on market prices.

The preliminary PPPs and volume indices will be based on expenditure weights drawn from earlier years and the estimated 2005 GDP.

The terms of purchase are agreed in advance in a contract which specifies how much will be bought, the price that will be paid and how risks are allocated.

Price index

85. The speed, size and price of processors and data switches has continued to reduce exponentially or at the least.

Designs and instructions on construction were obtainable at a reasonable price.

In current dollar terms, the combined index of non oil primary commodities registered an increase of a mere 2.2 per cent annually, which corresponded to a yearly decline of 0.5 per cent in real terms.

However, the introduction of new evaluation elements other than quality and price would represent a major departure from the spirit of the Financial Regulations and the established procurement procedures.

The guide is complementary to the Producer Price Index Manual and is aimed at harmonizing concepts and providing practical advice for index compilation in the service area.

They can only be used to construct indicators of trade restrictiveness that in turn can be used to estimate quantity and or price effects.

In an ideal case, buyers offer significant order volumes and stability in relation to the quantity demanded and the prices paid (Humphrey 2004).

These are based on promulgated post adjustment multipliers and the latest available information on consumer price indices.

In this capacity he she will supervise the work and training of the procurement staff, undertake procurement planning, oversee the preparation and implementation of UNOMIG procurement policy and guidelines and the development of a procurement team at UNOMIG.

The Notice mentioned that all regions should earnestly make good efforts in price regulation in other parts of the tourism industry, and strive to standardize the price order of catering, accommodation, shopping, sightseeing, entertainment, parking, etc., and guide operators to do a good job in publicity work of clearing the price and charging, and seriously investigate and handle all kinds of price violations.

The Expert Group agreed that such a coverage ratio would not be sufficient to collect sufficient data for use in the calculation of price indexes.

Purchases from local dealers, while advantageous in terms of much shorter delivery schedules particularly important in emergency situations may prove more costly than direct procurement from manufacturers, which generally offer price volume discounts to organizations of the system.

The support of cotton purchasing price will be conducive to future promotion.

Audit of procurement fraud indicators

Most Parties that reported belonged to the low income group, with GDP per capita in some cases less than USD 500 (in 1995 prices adjusted for purchasing power parity).

Most reporting Parties belonged to the low income group, with GDP per capita in some cases less than USD 500 (in 1995 prices adjusted for purchasing power parity).