Pre-World-War-II Wholesale Price Index

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Output Fields (JSON) Swagger Format
 
Name Type Unit Of Measure Description
Pwp_year Date   Year
Pwp_food_a  Number   Foodstuffs: Main Index
Pwp_fbean_a Number   Beans
Pwp_fbeef_a Number   Beef
Pwp_fegg_a Number   Eggs
Pwp_fwflour_a Number   Wheat Flour
Pwp_fsfish_a Number   Salt Fish
Pwp_ffruit_a Number   Fresh Fruits
Pwp_flard_a Number   Lard
Pwp_fcmilk_a Number   Condensed Milk
Pwp_fmutn_a  Number   Mutton
Pwp_fonion_a  Number   Onions
Pwp_fpoil_a  Number   Peanut Oil
Pwp_fpork_a  Number   Pork
Pwp_fpotatoes_a  Number   Potatoes
Pwp_fpoul_a  Number   Poultry
Pwp_fbrice_a Number   Broken Rice
Pwp_fwrice_a  Number   White Rice
Pwp_frsug_a  Number   Raw Sugar
Pwp_fvegt_a  Number   Vegatables
Pwp_fverm_a Number   Vermicelli
Footnotes
Pre-World-War-II Wholesale Price Index: Food, Metals and Minerals, Miscellaneous, Textiles.
Period: For the four group's main index: 1913, 1924, and 1931-40;
for the individual index: 1924 and 1931-40.
Base: 1922=100
Frequency: Annual
Source: Hong Kong Administrative Report 1924 (1913, 1923-24);
Hong Kong Blue Book: Section on Imports and Exports, issues 1934, 1938 and 1940 (1931-40).
Note: The Wholesale Price Index for 1913 have been calculated from the prices of 46 articles shown in the Chinese Maritime Customs Returns for the Kowloon and Canton Districts.
Coverage
Food index include: Main index (composite), beans, beef, eggs, flour(wheat), salt fish, fruits(fresh), lard, milk(condensed), mutton, onions, peanut oil, pork, potatoes, poultry, rice(broken), rice(white), sugar(raw), vegetables(dried, etc.), vermicelli.
Metals and Minerals index include: Main index (composite), brass sheets, coal, iron and steel bars, iron and steel nails, iron and steel plates, kerosene, lubricating oil, oil fuel, petrol, pig lead, tin, yellow metal sheathing.
Miscellaneous index include: Main index (composite), sulphate of ammonia, buffalo hides, cement, charcoal, cow hides, Chinese paper, duck feathers, firewood, hardwoods, rattans, sulphuric acid, sole leather, soda ash, salpetre, softwoods.
Textiles index include: Main index (composite), artificial silk yarn, cotton yarn, dyed figured plain Italian, dyed plain cotton, flannels, gunny bags, Hessian cloth, Manila Hemp, silk piece goods, white 40/43 yards shirtings, woollen suiting and tweeds, wool and union blankets.
Javascript Example
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/pre-war-wholesale-price-idx?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});
 
Python Example
import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/pre-war-wholesale-price-idx?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())