The Statistician-General informed the committee that in 2003, Stats SA attended to the big debacle on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Currently, a new collection methodology for CPI is introduced as well as for the Income and Expenditure Survey (IES) to inform the CPI basket. Stats SA will regularly update the CPI and industry specific of the Producer Price Index (PPI). The challenges and priority focus areas include the reviewing of the PPI and the need for rolling-out of survey programmes to inform regular updates for prices.