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Revision of the Corporate Goods Price Index

January 16, 2019
Bank of Japan
Research and Statistics Department

Some figures in the Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI) have been revised as follows. (The revised data are available in "BOJ Time-Series Data Search.")

Table : Revision of the Corporate Goods Price Index
Index Commodity <Group> Start of revision
Export Price Index Standard passenger cars (gasoline cars) <Transportation equipment> October 2018
Import Price Index Lithium carbonates <Chemicals & related products> April 2018
Coal for general use <Petroleum, coal & natural gas> July 2018

Following this revision in Commodity indexes, changes have also been made to the indexes for higher-order classifications.

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Price Statistics Division, Research and Statistics Department

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