Eating, drinking, smoking

European Commission Eurostat

Description

Comparative price levels in 37 European countries for 2006
Economy and finance
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Sujets

• Economic statistics
• Food
• Drink
• Tobacco
• Price index
• Member state of the European Union

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
• Nombre de lectures: 27
• Langue: English

Extrait

Statistics

in focus

ECONOMY AND FINANCE

90/2007

Prices

Authors

Eckhard BORCHERT

Sebastian REINECKE

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Within the framework of the European Comparison Programme (ECP) – in

which Eurostat closely co-operates with the OECD - surveys on prices of

household goods and services are cyclically carried out by National Statistical

Institutes (NSIs). 37 countries are currently participating in the surveys co-

ordinated by Eurostat: the 27 EU Member States, the 3 Candidate Countries,

Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, the 3 EFTA

countries, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland and the 4 Western Balkan

countries, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. OECD co-

ordinates the surveys for the non-European OECD Member States. These

price surveys are the cornerstones of the work resulting in annual volume

comparisons of the main National Accounts aggregates: Gross Domestic

Product (GDP) and its components.

Each survey relates to a particular group of products. The results presented in

this article refer to the survey on food, beverages and tobacco carried out in

spring 2006 in the 37 participating countries. This survey covered a total of

approximately 500 comparable products, enabling all countries to price a

sufficient number of products representative of their consumption pattern.

Graph 1: Price level index for food and non-alcoholic beverages, 2006

(EU27=100)



Manuscript completed on: 28.06.2007

ISSN 1977-0316

Data extracted on: 10.07.2007

Catalogue number: KS-SF-07-090-EN-N

© European Communities, 2007