Reporting your data to the PPI - Wholesale Trade

Producer Price Index

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

September 2021

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]. This notification is typically sent at the
beginning of the second or third week of the month. Access our website using the link included in the email.
Your account number will be pre-filled in the User ID field. You may also enter your email address in the
User ID field instead. Log in to the site by entering the password you previously created in the Password
field. Please provide updates within five business days.
2. Verify your contact information, select “Producer Price Index” from the dropdown menu, and click
Continue.

3. On the following screen, click Select next to any item to begin providing data.

4. 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.

7. 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

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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 Report no price change button.

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

9. Click Submit and Go to Next Item 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.

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 Help at the top of any screen.
For assistance from a PPI representative, click the Help Request Form 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.

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