1. Contact | ||||||||||||
1.1 Contact organisation | ||||||||||||
Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) | ||||||||||||
1.2 Contact organisation unit | ||||||||||||
Short-term statistics on Industry - Industrial turnover and new orders indicators Unit SCI/A | ||||||||||||
1.3 Contact name | ||||||||||||
1.4 Contact person function | ||||||||||||
1.5 Contact mail address | ||||||||||||
Via Tuscolana, 1788 I-00173 Rome | ||||||||||||
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1.7 Contact phone number | ||||||||||||
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2. Metadata update | ||||||||||||
2.1 Metadata last certified | ||||||||||||
21/11/2014 | ||||||||||||
2.2 Metadata last posted | ||||||||||||
01/12/2014 | ||||||||||||
2.3 Metadata last update | ||||||||||||
21/11/2014 | ||||||||||||
3. Statistical presentation | ||||||||||||
3.1 Data description | ||||||||||||
Indice del fatturato dell’industria. (Industrial turnover index) | ||||||||||||
3.2 Classification system | ||||||||||||
NACE Rev. 2. | ||||||||||||
3.3 Coverage - sector | ||||||||||||
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3.4 Statistical concepts and definitions | ||||||||||||
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3.5 Statistical unit | ||||||||||||
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3.6 Statistical population | ||||||||||||
Target population corresponds to enterprises with 20 or more employees in 2010 for sections covered by this survey. Total number is 30713 enterprises (section B:211; section C:30502). | ||||||||||||
3.7 Reference area | ||||||||||||
The area covered by the turnover index is the whole national territory. | ||||||||||||
3.8 Coverage - Time | ||||||||||||
1973. Series of indices with base 2010=100 start from January 2000. | ||||||||||||
3.9 Base period | ||||||||||||
Base year is 2010. | ||||||||||||
4. Unit of measure | ||||||||||||
Index | ||||||||||||
5. Reference Period | ||||||||||||
Month | ||||||||||||
6. Institutional Mandate | ||||||||||||
6.1 Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | ||||||||||||
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6.2 Institutional Mandate - data sharing | ||||||||||||
Data are not sent to OECD, UN, IMF or other international organizations | ||||||||||||
7. Confidentiality | ||||||||||||
7.1 Confidentiality - policy | ||||||||||||
Confidentiality provisions are explicitely stated in the ISTAT President’s letter attached to data collection questionnaire along with references to different acts on statistics. Links to relevant acts on statistics are presented on the website of Sistan - National Statistical System - (http://www.sistan.it/index.php?id=203). | ||||||||||||
7.2 Confidentiality - data treatment | ||||||||||||
8 of 101 elementary series are confidential according to three digit NACE Rev. 2, for domestic, non-domestic and euro area turnover. Non confidential data are available at http://dati.istat.it/?lang=en According to the article n. 9 of the Legislative Decree n. 322 of 6 September 1989 data collected by statistical offices within the statistical surveys included in the National Statistical Programme may not be disclosed other than in aggregated form such that no reference to identifiable people can be extracted. Furthermore, they may be used only for statistical purposes. Data may not be communicated or disseminated neither to any external subject, public or private, nor to any department of the public administration other than in aggregate form and using modalities which prevent the identification of the people involved. In any case, data cannot be used to identify again the people involved. The Code of Conduct annexed to the Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 (Personal Data Protection Code) provides special rules concerning the processing of personal data for statistical purposes within Sistan. In order to make statistical secrecy and protection of personal data effective, Istat is currently taking appropriate organisational, logistical, methodological and statistical measures in accordance with internationally established standards. In accordance with the Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 (Personal Data Protection Code) and subsequent modifications and additions, respondents are informed of their rights and obligations with regard to the provision of information, and they are assured that the information they provide will be used for statistical purposes only. All euro area/non euro area time series are regarded as confidential (but the confidentiality is planned to be removed). | ||||||||||||
8. Release policy | ||||||||||||
8.1 Release calendar | ||||||||||||
Every year in December ISTAT publishes a release calendar providing the precise release dates for the coming year. The calendar is distributed to the press and is available free of charge to interested parties. | ||||||||||||
8.2 Release calendar access | ||||||||||||
Press release calendar: http://www.istat.it/en/information/journalists/press-calendar | ||||||||||||
8.3 Release policy - user access | ||||||||||||
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9. Frequency of dissemination | ||||||||||||
Monthly. In August data regarding June are provided only to Eurostat. Usual dissemination is not carried out in August and data referring to June and July are pubblished together in September. | ||||||||||||
10. Accessibility and clarity | ||||||||||||
10.1 Dissemination format - News release | ||||||||||||
Current data is presented in the monthly press release Fatturato e ordinativi dell'industria. There, figures and tables are disseminated with the data to facilitate the analysis. Analysis of current-period developments is included with dissemination. Data are disseminated in unadjusted form, adjusted for working days and in a seasonally-adjusted form.The Italian version of the Industrial turnover and new orders press release includes also a data file, the weighting structure and a methodological note. Concerning data file, indices in unadjusted form are compiled down to 3-digit level. Indices for the MIGS (Main Industrial Groupings) are published in seasonally-adjusted form and WDA form (total index, domestic and non domestic). WDA series are published also for sub-sections (sub classification in two letters of Nace Rev. 2) for total turnover. Press releases: http://www.istat.it/en/archive/turnover | ||||||||||||
10.2 Dissemination format - Publications | ||||||||||||
Data are made available also through yearly publications: Annual Report and Annuario Statistico Italiano (Italian version) Annual Report: http://www.istat.it/en/archive/annual+report Annuario Statistico Italiano: http://www.istat.it/it/archivio/107568 | ||||||||||||
10.3 Dissemination format - online database | ||||||||||||
Series are included in I.Stat, the Istat's datawarehouse (http://dati.istat.it/?lang=en). Access is open and free of charge. | ||||||||||||
10.4 Dissemination format - microdata access | ||||||||||||
Before data dissemination, validated microdata are stored in the repository of the Institute, ARMIDA. The repository ARMIDA (Archive of validated microdata) was established with the main objective of preserving and documenting the data produced by Istat surveys, and has subsequently supported the objective of disseminating data. The data archived in ARMIDA supplies, in fact, the different channels for the dissemination of microdata (for internal use at the Institute through the "Memorandum of access to microdata of ARMIDA" internal users ", for authorities in Sistan, for research files, for standard files, etc.). The micro-data stored in ARMIDA are also used to respond to requests of external users submitted to the Adele laboratory http://www.istat.it/en/information/researchers/analysis-of-individual-data | ||||||||||||
10.5 Dissemination format - other | ||||||||||||
Data are disseminated as national data in the Eurostat's database (Eurobase, theme Industry, trade and services, sub-theme Short-term business statistics). | ||||||||||||
10.6 Documentation on methodology | ||||||||||||
A short description of the methodology and characteristics of the survey is contained in the technical explanatory note attached to the monthly press release regularly updated. Concerning indices on base 2010=100, a summary of the main methodological items are available in the on-line edition of “Nota Informativa” released on 27th of March 2013 (http://www.istat.it/it/archivio/86302). | ||||||||||||
10.7 Quality management - documentation | ||||||||||||
The Information System for Survey Documentation and Quality Control (Siqual) contains a description of methodology and sources used in preparing statistics; it is available on ISTAT's website http://siqual.istat.it/SIQual/lang.do?language=UK. More information about procedures applied for quality management and quality assessment are described in the document "Quality Guidelines For Statistical Processes" - December 2012 http://www.istat.it/en/files/2011/11/QualityGuidelines_EngVers_1.11.pdf | ||||||||||||
11. Quality management | ||||||||||||
11.1 Quality assurance | ||||||||||||
Essential points of Istat quality policy are: process quality, product quality, documentation, respect for respondents, strengthening of statistical literacy, users' orientation. For more details: http://www.istat.it/en/tools/data-quality | ||||||||||||
11.2 Quality management - assessment | ||||||||||||
In 2011 this survey was submitted to an audit on quality in a testing phase http://www.istat.it/en/tools/data-quality/audit As regards main issues of quality, index is compliant with a good standard. Eurostat's requirements in terms of time series are fulfilled, timeliness is respected, cross-domain checks are used for monitoring a good level of coherence. | ||||||||||||
12. Relevance | ||||||||||||
12.1 Relevance - User Needs | ||||||||||||
Main users of industrial production index are: - Institutions: government departments, ECB, national central bank, international organisations, etc. | ||||||||||||
12.2 Relevance - User Satisfaction | ||||||||||||
Not available. | ||||||||||||
12.3 Completeness | ||||||||||||
Eurostat's requirements in terms of time series are fulfilled. | ||||||||||||
13. Accuracy | ||||||||||||
13.1 Accuracy - overall | ||||||||||||
The samples are designed with the cut-off method and therefore sampling errors cannot be measured. Non-sampling errors are reduced or eliminated in the collection phase both using an electronic questionnaire that helps debugging and aiming at an increase of the response rate of enterprises. | ||||||||||||
13.2 Sampling error | ||||||||||||
It is not possible to compute sampling errors because a non-probability sampling method (cut-off) is used. | ||||||||||||
13.3 Non-sampling error | ||||||||||||
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14. Timeliness and punctuality | ||||||||||||
14.1 Timeliness | ||||||||||||
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14.2 Punctuality | ||||||||||||
Releases on time, within 60 days as required by Eurostat. | ||||||||||||
15. Coherence and comparability | ||||||||||||
15.1 Comparability - geographical | ||||||||||||
European definitions are used and they apply in the whole national territory. | ||||||||||||
15.2 Comparability - over time | ||||||||||||
Consistent time series data are available for a long period of time (since January 2000). When changes in source data, methodology and statistical techniques are introduced, historical series are reconstructed as far back as possible. | ||||||||||||
15.3 Coherence - cross domain | ||||||||||||
Comparisons are made with the evolution of Industrial Production indices. Results for these comparisons show good level of coherence for main aggregates. | ||||||||||||
15.4 Coherence - internal | ||||||||||||
Aggregates are always consistent with their sub-aggregates. | ||||||||||||
16. Cost and Burden | ||||||||||||
11 persons work full time for unit producing the industrial turnover index. An estimation of time burden for one reporting enterprise is around 30 minutes each month. | ||||||||||||
17. Data revision | ||||||||||||
17.1 Data revision - policy | ||||||||||||
Generally, major changes in methodology, sources and statistical techniques are announced in ad hoc publications. Advance notification of methodological changes is also provided through seminars and papers disseminated throughout the scientific community. Once a year, in October or November, raw data are revised in order to take into account revisions coming from enterprises, late respondents and other sources. When revisions are due to finding errors a note is showed to the public. No vintage database is available. | ||||||||||||
17.2 Data revision - practice | ||||||||||||
A paragraph called 'La revisione degli indici' is included in the methodological annex once a year in November. It contains a methodological note on revision (revision policy, source, periodicity, etc.) and the results of the revision analysis for the current period presented. For the total turnover raw index the annual data percentage change of 2012 was revised from -4.5% to -4.3% | ||||||||||||
18. Statistical processing | ||||||||||||
18.1 Source data | ||||||||||||
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18.2 Frequency of data collection | ||||||||||||
Data are collected monthly. | ||||||||||||
18.3 Data collection | ||||||||||||
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18.4 Data validation | ||||||||||||
Time series checks are used for plausibility of data validated. Integrity of files structure and used codes is ensured by extractions made from a database respecting integrity constraints. | ||||||||||||
18.5 Data compilation | ||||||||||||
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18.6 Adjustment | ||||||||||||
Seasonally adjusted data will be sent to Eurostat in the first months of 2015. File attached refers only to raw data (seasonally adjusted data are not yet sent to Eurostat). When SA data will be sent to Eurostat this document will be updated. | ||||||||||||
19. Comment | ||||||||||||
None |