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Description
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Services producer price indices Business-to-Business (BtoB) derive from the quarterly survey on services producer prices. These indices measure quarterly changes in the prices paid for services provided by enterprises to other enterprises and public sector (Business-to-Government, BtoG, is included in Business-to-Business). Therefore, they cover Business-to-Business transactions and leave out sales to private consumers (Business-to-Consumer, BtoC).
Services producer price indices BtoB are calculated for service sectors of NACE sections from H-Transportation and storage to N-Administrative and support service activities, excluding K-Financial and insurance activities. M70.1 Activities of head offices, M72 Scientific research and development and M75 Veterinary activities are also excluded.
Services producer price indices Business-to-Business were requested by the previous Regulation (EC) No. 1165/98 on short-term statistics (later amended by Regulation (EC) No.1158/2005); with the new European Regulations on business statistics No. 2019/2152 and No. 2020/1197, they contribute to the calculation of Services producer price indices Business-to-All (BtoAll), which cover all transactions (to business, public sector and private consumers).
Revisions are generally made when the reference base year is updated; the revision cover the entire time series. Exceptional revisions may be made in the case of new European regulations, which provide for changes in classifications, variable definitions, coverage of sources or changes in data sources. For some quarterly data, unscheduled revisions may be made for delays in the availability of elementary information.
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