National Statistical Office of Malawi

Data cited at: https://malawi.opendataforafrica.org/omzysag National Statistical Office hereby releases the first Producer Price Indices (PPI). These indices are for the quarters of 2013 to 2016. Producer Price Index measures the gross changes in the trading price of products on the domestic and the non-domestic markets, at all stages of processing. The price changes are measured from the perspective of the producer. The producer prices are collected as at 15th February, 15th May, 15th August and 15th November of the year. These dates correspond to the first, second, third and fourth quarters respectively. The PPI data are widely used by both the business community and government, and enable monitoring of prices at different stages of the industrial process. The Producer Price Indices are grouped according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4.