The data are not subject to commentary by government officials. The data are provisional when first released and are subject to revision. Final data are released 5 to 6 quarters after the end of the reference year. Major changes in methodology will be noted in relevant publications after implementation, as explanatory notes to the statistics as well as in methodological articles in the Statistical Bulletin. In addition, other investment data are broken down by type as trade credit by maturity and loans by sector.
Time series are annual data for five years prior to the latest year.
An advance release calendar will be disseminated according to the SDDS requirements when complete IIP data start being disseminated as prescribed.