Services Production index base 2010
Traitement statistique
Source data
Production indices in services are calculated from a tax source, the "CA3" form, which
companies fill in for the value-added tax (VAT) every month.
They include the total turnover of reporting companies, all activities combined, classified
according to the main activity of the company.
"The survey “Observation of Prices in Industry and Services” is the main source of
price indices for the production of services.
Frequency of data collection
Monthly
Data collection
Service Production index are constructed from a tax source, the "CA3" form, which
must be completed by enterprises for the payment of value added tax (VAT) every month.
The production price indices for services are calculated from quarterly (annual for
some firms) quarterly price rises of some 10,000 products collected from a representative
sample of about 1,700 firms in the survey “Observation of Prices in Industry and Services”.
The questionnaires are on-line (on the Business Response Survey Portal) or on paper.
Survey unit
Legal unit