of November 15, 2019 No. 114
About approval of the Instruction on the organization and carrying out selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population
Based on subitem 8.10 of Item 8 of the Regulations on National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus approved by the Presidential decree of the Republic of Belarus of August 26, 2008 No. 445, National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus DECIDES:
1. Approve the Instruction on the organization and carrying out selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population it (is applied).
the resolution of National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus of November 12, 2013 No. 244 "About approval of the Instruction on the organization and carrying out selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population";
the resolution of National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus of December 1, 2014 No. 219 "About modification and amendments in the Instruction on the organization and carrying out selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population";
the resolution of National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus of November 30, 2015 No. 203 "About modification of the Instruction on the organization and carrying out selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population";
the resolution of National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus of November 28, 2016 No. 186 "About modification and amendments in the Instruction on the organization and carrying out selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population";
the resolution of National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus of November 29, 2017 No. 138 "About modification and amendments in the Instruction on the organization and carrying out selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population";
the resolution of National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus of November 16, 2018 No. 125 "About entering of amendments and changes into the Instruction on the organization and carrying out selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population".
3. This resolution becomes effective since January 1, 2020.
Chairman
I. V. Medvedev
Approved by the Resolution of National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus of November 15, 2019 No. 114
1. This Instruction establishes procedure for the organization and carrying out by bodies the state statistics of selective state statistical observation of the prices and rates for consumer goods and the paid services rendered to the population (further - the state statistical observation), and receipts of necessary primary statistical data for calculation of the consolidated index of consumer prices (further - IPTs).
2. In this Instruction the following terms and their determinations are used:
the basic organization – representatively selected object in which registration of the prices (rates) on the created consumer set of goods (services) - representatives is performed;
sample – set of limited number of observations which shall be representative (representative) it is full and adequately to reflect properties and proportions of population;
household – group of persons which jointly live in premises provide themselves to all necessary for life, conduct general economy, fully or partially uniting and spending the means, or one person living independently and providing themselves to all necessary for life;
IPTs – one of inflation indicators characterizing change in time of cost of the fixed consumer set of the goods and services acquired by the population for non-productive consumption;
inflation – the depreciation of money which is followed by increase in prices (rates) for goods and services;
classification of individual consumption by the purposes (KIPTs) 2018 (further – KIPTs) – one of the functional classifications described in the National account system and IPTs used when calculating as the international standard;
consumer price (rate) – the actual price (rate) for the goods (service) realized on free sale (rendered to the population) which is final price of consumption and includes the value added tax, excises and other taxes, and also costs and profit of the basic organizations;
consumer spendings of the population – the part of money expenditure of the population directed to acquisition of consumer goods and services;
consumer goods (services) – goods (services) used by the population, as a rule, for private and all-family consumption;
consumer set of goods (services) - representatives – representatively selected inventory (services) which are most often consumed by the population, single for areas and Minsk, remaining during the certain period invariable;
registration of the prices (rates) – collection of primary statistical data about the prices (rates) for goods (services) which entered the created consumer set of goods (services) - representatives, in the basic organizations;
seasonal goods (service) – goods (service) which or are absent in the market during the certain season (the period within year) or its quantity and the price are characterized by the periodic fluctuations connected with season (season);
goods (service) - the representative – the specific goods (service) relating to certain type of goods (service) which in limits of set of this type of goods (services) can differ in insignificant features (details) which are not influencing quality and the main consumer properties;
the price (rate) – money value of cost of goods (service) in Belarusian rubles for quantitative commodity unit (services);
the price quotation – the price of the goods (service) having specific consumer properties (characteristics), registered by specialists in carrying out inspections in the basic organization.
3. The state statistical observation is made for the purpose of determination of change in value of the fixed consumer set of goods (services) - representatives in current period in comparison with the previous (basic) period under the influence of the change in price (rates) for these goods and services.
For calculation of IPTs set of goods (services) joins consumer goods (services) acquired by the republic population for private and all-family consumption without exception as nonbasic or undesirable goods (services) to consumption (for example, drinks alcoholic, tobacco products and other).
4. IPTs is intended for measurement of the change in price (rates) for consumer goods (services) and its calculation does not join expense data:
on acquisition of securities (bonds, shares or other financial assets);
on payment of the income tax, fees on professional pension insurance in the budget of state non-budgetary fund of social protection of the population of the Republic of Belarus;
on purchase of goods, the investments (construction and capital repairs of residential or utility rooms and so forth) spent for the purposes, accumulating, and also goods for which there is no real market price (own consumption of the agricultural products made in personal subsidiary farms of citizens).
5. The organization and carrying out the state statistical observation includes the following stages:
selection of settlements;
selection of the basic organizations;
selection of goods (services) - representatives;
registration of the prices (rates);
control of registration of the prices (rates).
6. The state statistical observation is made in the territory of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk, in all regional centers and selectively - in the district centers (cities) selected by National Statistical Committee (further - Belstat).
Selection of the cities is performed taking into account their representativeness in reflection of social and economic and geographical location of the region and degree of saturation of the consumer market by goods and services.
The sample of the cities does not join the cities located in close proximity from each other from the regional centers and the capital.
7. For carrying out the state statistical observation 31 cities according to the list according to appendix 1, are selected where more than 50% of the population of the republic and over 70% of urban population of the republic live.
8. Forming of sample of the basic organizations is performed in case of combination of methods of probabilistic and directed selections.
In each city join in sample of the basic organizations:
legal entities (separate divisions of legal entities) performing sales of goods (rendering services) on regular basis in shopping facilities, objects of public catering, trade places in the markets, objects in which paid services are rendered to the population;
the individual entrepreneurs performing the retail trade, public catering rendering paid services to the population.
The basic organizations shall represent actually those objects where the population most often acquires goods (services). In case of selection of the basic organizations especially it is necessary to pay attention to regularity of realization of goods (services) in them selected for the state statistical observation as important condition of registration of the prices (rates) is observance of continuity of collection of primary statistical data about the prices (rates) for goods (services).
The legal entities and individual entrepreneurs enabling the realization of fruit and vegetable products at the agricultural fairs operating limited period of time, as a rule, one month in year do not join in sample of the basic organizations.
9. The sample of the basic organizations in each city shall include large objects (shopping centers, hyper - and supermarkets, shops with the floor space of 650 sq.m and more), average and small objects (shops with the floor space to 50 sq.m), with various forms of servicing, located both in the central part of the city, and on its suburbs.
10. Selection of the basic organizations is made by specialists of departments of statistics of the prices of the head statistical offices of areas and the city of Minsk (further – specialists of departments of statistics of the prices). For selection official statistical information is used:
about sales amounts of goods (services) to the population;
selective inspection of households on level of living about ratio of places of purchase separate food and nonfoods.
The online stores enabling retail sale of goods join in sample of the basic organizations for certain goods in proportion to sales amount them these goods to the population and in the presence the online store has goods deliveries to the selected settlements.
In case of selection of the basic organizations enabling the realization of fruit and vegetable products it is necessary to study saturation of the consumer market specific goods, price level in shops and in the markets, goods quality, offered to realization, and, proceeding from the current situation in the city, to make selection of the basic organizations which during various seasons can be miscellaneous.
Recommended ratios of number of the registered food prices, drinks and tobacco products and nonfoods are determined according to appendices 2 and 3. If the goods included in the state statistical observation are not given in appendices 2 and 3, registration of the prices of it should be performed in shops.
11. Annually (in December) based on the made selection of the basic organizations by departments of statistics of the prices of the head statistical offices of areas and the city of Minsk their lists with indication of the name and the location of the basic organization, description of goods (service), the price (rates) of which (which) are registered in the basic organizations are constituted. Lists of the basic organizations affirm chiefs (deputy chiefs) of the head statistical offices of areas and the city of Minsk.
12. The approved list of the basic organizations can change in case:
replacements of the basic organization by other organization;
inclusions for the state statistical observation of in addition selected organization.
Replacement of the basic organization by other organization is performed if at the time of registration of the price (rate) in the basic organization it is impossible to register the price (rate) for the same goods (service) - the representative, as during the previous registration (for example, goods (service) - the representative is absent on sale, the basic organization temporarily does not work also other).
Replacement of the basic organization by other organization is made for short period of time (two-three months) when preserving in the list of the basic organizations of originally selected basic organization. In case of more long absence of goods (service) - the representative in the basic organization the exception of this organization of the list of the basic organizations is made and registration of the prices (rates) is performed in in addition selected basic organization. The compulsory provision for the organization of the state statistical observation in in addition selected basic organization is its uniformity with the excluded basic organization, and also comparability of the level of prices (rates) in them for goods (service) - the representative who shall be analogous or the closest on consumer properties to the selected goods (service).
Replacement of the basic organization is made also in case of non-realization of activities by it during the long period of time (6 months) or liquidations (the activities termination).
Modification of the approved list of the basic organizations is made according to the procedure, established in Item 11 of this Instruction.
13. Information on the basic organizations is confidential and is not subject to distribution.
14. Selection of goods (services) - representatives is made for registration of the prices step by step by method of directed selection.
For the state statistical observation by Belstat the goods and services characterizing the actual structure of consumer spendings of the population of the republic according to the List of goods and services for the state statistical observation (further – the List) according to appendix 4 are selected.
Created by Belstat Perechen includes the goods and services having the general description of consumer properties of goods (services) - representatives, and specialists in carrying out inspections disaggregate it range of goods (services) - representatives with specific consumer properties.
15. The list includes food and nonfoods, paid services. Each group is provided by specific goods (services) or small commodity subgroups.
The structure of the List is given with use of KIPTs. All consumer set of goods (services) - representatives is subdivided into Sections (for example, "Food and soft drinks").
The Section is subdivided into groups (for example, "Food").
The group is subdivided into classes (for example, "Grain products and grain").
The class is subdivided into uniform subclasses (for example, "Grain") which are subdivided into types (for example, "Rice grain") and into goods (services) - representatives (for example, "the polished rice polished (including steamed)" which is subdivided into "the polished rice polished", "polished rice, steamed" and other).
16. For maintenance of relevance of sample of goods (services) - representatives its gradual rotation (updating) by exception of separate goods (services) - representatives and inclusion new for the following reasons is performed:
the goods (service) - the representative are not any more representative as its share in consumer spendings of the population is gradually reduced;
sales of goods (services) - the representative in the consumer market is not performed (for example, as a result of change of technology or for other reasons).
New goods (services) - representatives join in consumer set of goods (services) - representatives when the share of expenses on their acquisition constitutes at least 0,01 of % of the total amount of consumer spendings of the population of the republic.
17. Selection of specific goods (service) - the representative is performed by specialists in carrying out inspections together with employees of the basic organizations (the merchandiser or the seller of shop, the acceptor of orders). The goods (service) which are selected for the state statistical observation - the representative shall be in stable demand for the population.
In case of selection of certain type of goods (service) it shall be preferred as goods (service) - the representative who will be constantly present at realization within the next months of the current year. If the goods (service) in the basic organization are provided by wide assortment, then selection is made according to share of sales amount of specific goods (service) - the representative which is determined based on data of accounting of the basic organization, holding poll of employees of the basic organization (the merchandiser, the seller of shop, the acceptor of orders) or expert way.
For carrying out the state statistical observation goods of national and import production are selected.
18. Registration of the prices (rates) is carried out to the period with 10 on 30 (28 (29) – in February) number monthly. Registration of the prices (rates) in the specific basic organization for month under report shall be performed in one of two calendar days prior or the prices (rates), following behind day of registration, last month. It is necessary to observe fixed terms of registration of the prices (rates) to maintain interval in one month between two registration of the prices (rates).
Sources of price information on consumer goods are the primary statistical data obtained in case of registration in the basic organizations, administrative data of the Ministry of Taxes and Tax Collection on the prices of consumer goods, information obtained with use of technology of the automated receipt of price information on goods by their extraction from pages of online stores by means of specialized software (web skreyping).
Primary statistical data about the prices (rates) for service representative can be obtained in the basic organization by phone if the cost of service representative is invariable for certain period of time (for example, the identical amount of payment for separate services for all months of quarter). In case of registration of the prices (rates) by phone, it is necessary to send after quarter inquiry to the basic organization and to receive the written confirmation of primary statistical data about the prices (rates) for service representative.
19. Registration of the prices (rates) in the basic organization includes:
search of goods (service) - the representative according to the specification determined for registration of the prices (rates);
check of invariance (comparison and determination of variations) of the specification of the goods (service) which are in realization with the parameters determined by registration of the prices (rates) for goods (service) - the representative in previous period;
complete description of characteristics of goods (service) - the representative in case of their identity or to the insignificant variation in specifications which is not influencing goods quality (services) - the representative;
registration of the price (rate) for goods (service) - the representative, determination of its variation (surplus or decrease) from the level fixed in case of the previous registration of the price (rate), refining at employees of the basic organization (the merchandiser, the seller, the acceptor of orders) of the reasons of the change in price (rate) with their obligatory record;
matching of other goods (service) from uniform assortment group in case of absence in sales of goods (services) - the representative or availability of essential differences in specifications for implementation of replacement of goods (service) - the representative;
consultation with the employee of the basic organization (the merchandiser, the seller, the acceptor of orders) regarding representativeness of the goods (service) and demand of consumers for it which are selected for replacement (data of accounting of the basic organization for amounts of its realization for previous period);
record of new goods (service) - the representative and his specification, refining of the price (rate) for it in previous period (according to accounting of the basic organization) and registration of the price (rate) for the accounting period.
20. For weekly calculation of IPTs registration of the prices (rates) (on Tuesdays) on consumer set of goods (services) - representatives for weekly assessment of IPTs according to appendix 5 is performed.
Weekly registration of the prices (rates) for goods (services) - representatives is performed in the basic organizations which are selected for monthly registration of the prices (rates) for the purpose of receipt of possibility of inclusion weekly price information (rates) in cases of clash of dates of registration of the prices (rates) in structure of the database for calculation of IPTs in month. Decrease (discount, the share) in the price (rate) of goods (service) - the representative in the basic organization for one day (on Tuesdays) in case of registration of the prices (rates) is not considered.
21. The actual consumer price (rate) of goods (service) - the representative (including the value added tax, excises and other taxes) who is available in realization and paid with money is subject to registration.
Also the prices (rates) for goods (services) - the representatives implemented at the prices (rates) with discounts during the certain period (upon termination of season), or for the period of carrying out shares are subject to registration. Decrease (short-term discounts) in the price (rate) of goods (service) - the representative, acting less than one week, is not subject to registration.
The goods prices which lost trade dress (damaged), sold owing to the expiration of expiration dates or from remaining balance, and also the price (rates) for goods (services) realized on preferential prices (rates) for separate categories of citizens or with discounts in connection with the forthcoming termination of activities of shop are not subject to registration.
22. About the prices (rates) it is necessary for respect for the principle of continuity of collection of primary statistical data that the price (rate) of the same goods (service) - the representative was registered every month.
23. In case of temporary lack of goods (services) - the representatives who are not belonging to seasonal goods (services) application of one of the following methods for calculation of average price is possible:
calculation of average price for the last month does not join the price of goods (service) - the representative who is absent in current month. The non-inclusion of the price of goods (service) - the representative in calculation of average price is equivalent to the assumption that the price of the absent goods (service) - the representative would change in the same way, as average price value of goods (services) - the representatives included in calculation of price index;
extend the final registered price to later periods. It is necessary to use as seldom as possible this method, especially in the period of high inflation rates or during fast changings in the markets as a result of considerable rates of innovations and high removability of goods as application of this method is admissible only for limited number of cases. This method brings systematic mistake in the received IPTs towards reduction. There is probability of the compensating spasmodic change of price index at the moment when the price of the absent goods representative is registered again;
it is conditional to estimate the price of temporarily absent goods (service) - the representative, using average change of available goods prices (service) - representatives according to example according to appendix 6. This method is equivalent not to inclusion of the price of goods (service) - the representative in calculation of current period, but conditional calculation of the price of goods (service) - the representative should be made that the size of sample of goods (services) - representatives in current period was not reduced;
it is conditional to estimate the price of the absent goods, using the change in price of comparable goods from other similar basic organization.
The period during which conditional calculations of the prices of goods representatives are applied shall not be long (two-three months).
On goods with bystry updating of model range (for example, smartphones, laptops, household appliances, TVs) it is necessary to make purposeful replacements of goods representatives, without expecting complete cessation of sales of goods.
It is reasonable to register the price of new model of goods not from the moment of the first emergence of goods in the consumer market, and during its bulk sale.
24. If the goods (service) - the representative are absent in the consumer market long time (more than six months), then goods (service) - the representative is considered constantly absent. The goods (service) - the representative can be absent in the consumer market in connection with realization of new goods (services), or the basic organizations can stop its realization. In case of absence on sale of goods (service) - the representative it is necessary to make its replacement. The replacing goods (service) shall have considerable share of realization (to be in demand for the population) and to be representative concerning the changes in price (rates) included in sample of goods (services) - representatives.
25. The following methods of replacement of goods can be applied to determination of the goods replacing goods representative which release is stopped:
direct comparison is applied if the replacing goods are directly comparable on quality with the goods which are absent on sale. At the same time, it is supposed that the difference in price level between replacing and absent goods is caused by the changes in price, but not distinctions in quality. Replacement of the absent goods representative without combination is given in example according to appendix 7;
combination is applied in cases when there is no information allowing to execute reasonable impact assessments of change of goods quality on its price, however the replacing goods are in realization during the same period, as the absent goods. Replacement of goods can be considered incomparable to the absent goods representative, but at the same time receipt of primary statistical data about the prices both on absent, and on replacing goods representatives during combination is possible. The difference in the price between absent and replacing with goods representatives during combination is used then as distinction indicator in quality. Replacement of the absent goods representative with combination is given in example according to appendix 8;
the adjustment method on quantity is applied in case the replacing goods differ from the goods representative which are absent in realization, the size of the physical characteristic which is giving in to quantitative determination (for example, the weight, the size). This method is applicable in cases when the price of goods changes in proportion to its quality characteristic. Use of method of adjustment on quantity is given in example according to appendix 9.
Each case of forced replacement of goods requires the individual analysis. The choice of method of replacement of goods depends on specifics of sales terms of goods, their availability in the consumer market and other factors.
26. Registration of the prices (rates) for specific goods (service) is performed by filling of form of the state statistical observation 12-consumer prices (rates) "Data on consumer prices (rates) for goods and the services rendered to the population" (further - form).
The form is expected registration of the prices (rates) and any instruction of notes for various basic organizations. On each goods (service) - the representative needs to register monthly from three up to ten prices (rates), comparable with the last month, on the territory of each city. The number of the prices (rates) for registration in the cities is determined according to appendix 1.
The prices (rates) for the same goods (service) - the representative or his equivalent need to be registered in the same basic organization for two periods (previous and month under report). For ensuring necessary number of the comparable prices (rates) for goods (services) - representatives, in some cases (for example, for goods which are provided by wide assortment: pelmeni, milk, cheeses, mayonnaise and other for which there are difficulties in respect for comparability of goods in reporting and last month) it is necessary to register the bigger number of the prices (rates), than it is determined according to appendix 1, for each separate period. The exception is constituted by separate types of paid services to the population, the prices (rates) for which are established on a centralized basis and are single for all population of the city (for example, fares in urban transportation, communication services, separate types of utilities).
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