Data Structure Definition
ID: PPP_CGS_COUNTRY
Name: Purchasing Power Parities - Consumer Goods - Country Data
Version: 2.15

DIMENSIONS	
ORDER	CONCEPT ID	TYPE	CONCEPT NAME	CODELIST / FORMAT	ASSIGNMENT LEVEL	
1	REFERENCE_YEAR	Time Dimension	Reference Year	Year	Group 	
2	PPP_SURVEY		PPP Survey	CL_PPP_CGS_SURVEY 2.0	Group 	
3	REPORTING_COUNTRY		Country	CL_PPP_COUNTRY 2.3	Group 	
4	ECP_ITEM		ECP Item	String	Section 	
5	OBSERVATION_NUMBER	Count	Observation Number	Count	Observation 	
6	MEASURE_TYPE	Measure Dimension	Type of measure (e.g. price, quantity).	CL_PPP_CGS_COU_MT 1.0		

MEASURES	
CONCEPT ID	CONCEPT NAME	FORMAT	TYPE	
OBSERVED_PRICE	Price	Decimal	Cross Sectional Measure	
OBSERVED_QUANTITY	Quantity	Decimal	Cross Sectional Measure	
OBS_VALUE	Observation value	Decimal	Primary Measure	

ATTRIBUTES	
CONCEPT ID	CONCEPT NAME	CODELIST / FORMAT	ASSIGNMENT LEVEL	C, M	
CURRENCY	Currency	CL_PPP_CURRENCY 1.1	Group (COUNTRYGROUP )	C	
OBS_TIME	Time of observation	YearMonth	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
BRAND	Brand	String	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
MODEL	Model of item	String	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
SHOP_TYPE	Shop Type	CL_PPP_SHOP_TYPE 3.1	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	M	
SHOP_IDENTIFIER	Shop identifier	String	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
CHARACTERISTICS	Other characteristics / values	String	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
CHARS_SEPARATOR	Separator	String	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
OBS_COMMENT	Observation Comment	String	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
LOCAL_USE	Locale use	String	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
DISCOUNT	The discount flag of an observation	CL_PPP_DISCOUNT_FLAG 1.0	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
VAT	VAT	Decimal	Section 	M	
REPRESENTATIVITY	Representativity of the item to be priced	Boolean	Section 	M	
AVG_PRICES	Average prices reported	Boolean	Section 	C	
SCANNER_DATA	Scanner Data Reported	Boolean	Section	C	
FLAG	Flag	CL_PPP_FLAG 1.1	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
ITEM_COMMENT	Item Comment	String	Section 	C	
OTHER	Other	String	Section 	C	
FINALIZED	Finilised	Boolean	Section 	C	
VAR_COEFF	Variation Coefficient	Decimal	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
NO_OF_OBS	Number of observations	Integer	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
MIN_PRICE	Minimum of prices	Decimal	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
MAX_PRICE	Maximum of prices	Decimal	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
OBS_VAT	VAT at observation level	Decimal	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
SHOP_OWN_BRAND	Shop-own brand	CL_PPP_SHOP_OWN_BRAND 1.0	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
WEIGHT	Weight	Decimal	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	
GTIN_DESCRIPTIONS	GTIN description(s)	String	Observation (OBSERVED_PRICE )	C	

GROUPS	
COUNTRYGROUP	
Dimension Ref.	REPORTING_COUNTRY	
Dimension Ref.	PPP_SURVEY	

Concepts

ID	NAME	DESCRIPTION	CONCEPT SCHEME ID	CONCEPT SCHEME VER	CONCEPT SCHEME AGENCY	
AVG_PRICES	Average prices reported	Indicates whether average prices are reported or not	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
SCANNER_DATA	Scanner data reported	Indicates whether scanner data are reported or not	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
BRAND	Brand	Brand	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
CHARACTERISTICS	Other characteristics / values	Other characteristics (List of name / value pairs)	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
CHARS_SEPARATOR	Separator	Separator used in the SPECIFICATIONS attribute to distinguish the different name / value pairs	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
CURRENCY	Currency	Currency of the observed values	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
DISCOUNT	The discount flag of an observation	The discount flag at observation level	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
ECP_ITEM	ECP Item	ECP item to be priced	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
FINALIZED	Finilised	Indicates the finalisation status of an item.	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
FLAG	Flag	Indicates the status of a price (e.g. modified, original, etc)	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
ITEM_COMMENT	Item Comment	Comments at item level	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
LOCAL_USE	Locale use	Used to store any other information at observation level for local use. The contents of this field are name-value pairs separated by the character indicated in "CHARS_SEPARATOR". For the moments it is used to store the price collector and a free text value for local user. Example of usage: LOCAL_USE="COLLECTOR=Maria|OTHER=other comments goes here".	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
MAX_PRICE	Maximum of prices	Maximum of prices	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
MEASURE_TYPE	Type of measure (e.g. price, quantity).	Corresponds to the measure dimension for non-cross sectional SDMX formats	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
MIN_PRICE	Minimum of prices	Minimum of prices	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
MODEL	Model of item	Model of item	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
NO_OF_OBS	Number of observations	Number of observations	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
OBSERVATION_NUMBER	Observation Number	A sequential number for distinguishing the different prices reported for the same item, country and survey instance	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
OBSERVED_PRICE	Price	Observed price	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
OBSERVED_QUANTITY	Quantity	Observed quantity	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
OBS_COMMENT	Observation Comment	Comments at observation level	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
OBS_TIME	Time of observation	Time of price observation	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
OBS_VALUE	Observation value	Observation value. Primary measure for non-cross sectional SDMX formats	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
OBS_VAT	VAT at observation level	VAT at observation level	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
OTHER	Other	Used to store any other information at item level. The contents of this field are name-value pairs separated by the character indicated in "CHARS_SEPARATOR". For the moments it is used to store local comments at item level. This must be indicated in the content of this field like this. LOCALCOMMENTS=bla bla bla	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
PPP_SURVEY	PPP Survey	PPP Survey	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
REFERENCE_YEAR	Reference Year	Year of Survey	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
REPORTING_COUNTRY	Country	Reporting country	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
REPRESENTATIVITY	Representativity of the item to be priced	Indicates whether the product/item priced is representative or not	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
SHOP_IDENTIFIER	Shop identifier	Specific shop, from which the price was collected	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
SHOP_OWN_BRAND	Shop-own brand	Indicates whether observations corresponds to shop-own brand	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
SHOP_TYPE	Shop Type	Type of shop, from which the price was collected	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
VAR_COEFF	Variation Coefficient	Variation Coefficient	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
VAT	VAT	VAT	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
WEIGHT	Weight	Weight	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	
GTIN_DESCRIPTIONS	GTIN description	GTIN description(s) when reporting scanner data	PPP_CONCEPTS	7.7	ESTAT	

Code Lists

CL_PPP_CGS_SURVEY	
AGENCY:	ESTAT	
VERSION:	2.0	
CODE	DESCRIPTION	
DAP	Detailed average prices	
FBETO	Foods, Drinks and Tobacco	
FRHEA	Furniture and Health	
HOGAR	House and Garden	
PERAP	Personal Appearance	
SRVIC	Services	
TREHO	Transport, Restaurant and Hotels	

CL_PPP_COUNTRY	
AGENCY:	ESTAT	
VERSION:	2.3	
CODE	DESCRIPTION	
AL	Albania	
AT	Austria	
BA	Bosnia-Herzegovina	
BB	Bosnia-Herzegovina - Banja Luka	
BE	Belgium	
BG	Bulgaria	
BN	Germany - Bonn	
BR	Germany - Berlin	
BS	Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo	
CH	Switzerland	
CY	Cyprus	
CZ	Czechia	
DE	Germany	
DK	Denmark	
EE	Estonia	
EL	Greece	
ES	Spain	
FI	Finland	
FR	France	
GE	Georgia	
HR	Croatia	
HU	Hungary	
IE	Ireland	
IS	Iceland	
IT	Italy	
KR	Germany - Karlsruhe	
LT	Lithuania	
LU	Luxembourg	
LV	Latvia	
MD	Moldova	
ME	Montenegro	
MK	North Macedonia	
MN	Germany - Munich	
MT	Malta	
NL	Netherlands	
NO	Norway	
PL	Poland	
PT	Portugal	
RO	Romania	
RS	Serbia	
SE	Sweden	
SI	Slovenia	
SK	Slovakia	
TR	Türkiye	
UA	Ukraine	
UK	United Kingdom	
VA	Italy - Varese	
XK	Kosovo	

CL_PPP_CGS_COU_MT	
AGENCY:	ESTAT	
VERSION:	1.0	
CODE	DESCRIPTION	
P	Observed Price	
Q	Observed Quantity	

CL_PPP_CURRENCY	
AGENCY:	ESTAT	
VERSION:	1.1	
CODE	DESCRIPTION	
ALB	Albanian Lek	
BAM	Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark	
BGN	Bulgarian Lev	
CHF	Swiss Franc	
CSD	Serbian Dinar	
CYP	Cyprus Pound	
CZK	Czech Koruna	
DKK	Danish Krone	
EEK	Estonian Kroon	
EUR	Euro	
GBP	Pound Sterling	
HRK	Croatian Kuna	
HUF	Hungarian Forint	
ISK	Iceland Krona	
LTL	Lithuanian Litas	
LVL	Latvian Lats	
MKD	Macedonian Denar	
MTL	Maltese Lira	
NOK	Norwegian Krone	
PLN	Zloty	
RON	Romanian Leu	
SEK	Swedish Krona	
SKK	Slovak Koruna	
TRY	Turkish Lira	
UAH	Hryvnia	
GEL	Lari	
MDL	Moldovan Leu	

CL_PPP_FLAG	
AGENCY:	ESTAT	
VERSION:	1.1	
CODE	DESCRIPTION	
E	Eliminated	
M	Modified	
O	Original	

CL_PPP_SHOP_TYPE	
AGENCY:	ESTAT	
VERSION:	3.1	
CODE	DESCRIPTION	
1	Department stores	
10	Mail order, domestic web shops	
11	Other kinds of outlets	
12	Black/grey market	
19	Foreign web shop	
2	Hypermarkets, supermarkets	
3	Discount stores	
4	Convenience stores, mini-markets, service station shops, neighbourhood shops, corner shops and kiosks	
5	Specialised shop chains	
6	Specialised shops	
7	Markets	
77	Web-scraping	
8	Service providers	
88	Scanner data	
99	CPI data	

CL_PPP_DISCOUNT_FLAG	
AGENCY:	ESTAT	
VERSION:	1.0	
CODE	DESCRIPTION	
N	No discount	
Q	Quantity discount	
R	Regular prices corresponding to discounted prices	
T	Temporary discount	

CL_PPP_SHOP_OWN_BRAND	
AGENCY:	ESTAT	
VERSION:	1.0	
CODE	DESCRIPTION	
N	No	
Y	Yes