The event was opened by the Head of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) of Pati Regency, Bob Setiabudi, and attended by participants from Statistics Partners as field data collectors and BPS-organized personnel as field supervisors.
In his remarks, Bob expressed his gratitude to all Statistics Partner staff for their dedication, hard work, and commitment to the 2025 Producer Price Survey, and expressed his commitment to continuing the program in 2026.
Bob also advised all staff to maintain integrity and professionalism in the 2026 Price Survey, prioritize data quality, and build good communication with respondents.
The refresher course was delivered by Sri Rejeki, Head of the 2026 Price Statistics Team. It included a discussion of basic concepts, identification of key commodities, and completion of the Producer Price Index (PHP), Producer Price Index (HPJ), and Producer Price Index (HPJ) questionnaires for the agriculture, mining/quarrying, manufacturing, and services sectors.
The output of the PHP is the Producer Price Index (PPI). The PPI benefits include serving as an early warning system for price fluctuations at subsequent price levels, supporting the calculation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and economic growth, and providing economic analysis of all data utilization.
