Source: Eurostat  

Release: Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP)  

Units:  Index 2015=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices category Books (09.5.1) is a classification of semi-durable goods that includes books, including atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, text books, guidebooks, musical scores, scrapbooks and albums for children, and book binding.

This category excludes stamp albums (09.3.1).

This category is a subcategory of the Recreation and Culture (09) and of Newspapers, Books, and Stationery (09.5) categories.

Information provided in the notes pertaining to HICP classifications can be found from the source here.

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