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DISA 2013

  • About DISA
  • The Database of International Statistical Activities (DISA) lists the activities of over 30 statistical organizations active in the UNECE region. Updated every year, DISA is a coherent catalogue of planned work in international statistics over the coming year.

2.7 Prices (UNCTAD)

Commodity Prices
Ongoing work

• Data collection and processing: Update of monthly and annual commodity prices and calculation of price indices, using the year 2000 as base year.

• Data dissemination in UNCTADstat.

• Annual calculation of price instability indices.

Methodological work:

• Plan to update the base year and composition of commodities along with their weight in the calculation of indices.

• Plan to add new emerging commodities with importance to developing economies.