Web Handout

Producer Price Index

Reporting Your Data to the PPI – Wholesale Trade
www.bls.gov/ppi

June 2017

Thank you for participating in the Producer Price Index (PPI) program. You will provide data online using the BLS Internet Data
Collection Facility (IDCF). This handout is intended to assist you in providing your data via the web for the PPI Wholesale Trade
sector. Be sure to log in and verify your data even if the price has not changed, and please submit data within five business days of
receiving price request emails from the PPI.
Follow these steps:
1.

You will receive an email notification from [email protected] requesting price updates. Follow the link to our website in the
email. Log in to the site by entering either your account number or email address in the User ID field and the password you
previously created in the Password field.

2.

Verify your contact information, select “Producer Price Index” from the dropdown menu, and click

3.

On the following screen, click

next to any item to begin providing data.

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Review the description of the item. If there are any changes to the description, type them directly in the text box.

5.

Below the description you may find a grid that contains components of the price for this service. The white text boxes are
where your updates should be made. The shaded areas are not updateable; these figures will be calculated by the system.
Each pricing period, update the price to buyer and either the margin percentage or the acquisition price, if necessary. The
margin price will be calculated automatically by the system.

6.

Review the Terms of Transaction section and make any necessary changes. In most instances, there will not be any updates
to these fields.

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The components of the total price are entered in the grid described above and should populate automatically in the
Reported Price section of the screen. If the total price is not already pre-filled, enter the price that was calculated above for
the current period. Also, if necessary, update any prices from prior periods in the text boxes. The arrows indicate where
prices should be entered. If there were no changes to the figures in the grid referenced previously, click the
button.

8.

The Reporter Remarks text box should be used to note any significant price or service changes within a given period.

9.

Click

to continue providing updates for your items.

10. A list of your items will appear on the left-hand side of the screen. Checkmarks indicate the items you have completed. The
arrow indicates which item is currently displayed.

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11. A screen with the following message will appear once you have submitted updates for all your items.

If you have any issues or questions, the following resources are available to assist you:
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For a list of common help topics, click on
at the top of any screen.
For assistance from a PPI representative, click the
link at the
bottom of any screen or contact the PPI analyst, whose phone number is at the top of
each screen.
A full list of Producer Price Index contacts can be found at www.bls.gov/ppi/ppicon.htm.