The Research and Statistical Offices of the Chambers of Commerce – which are part of the National Statistics System (Sistan) - are privileged observatories of local and national economic trends. In fact, they play a crucial role in the main statistical survey activities concerning businesses, such as business censuses, current surveys, administrative data processing and economic trend analysis. The Starnet project connects all research and statistical offices, thus giving rise to a network and a real economic-financial statistical information portal accessible to all. In fact, data can be accessed directly on the web.

Moreover, numerous publications, magazines, statistics, research studies, socio-economic and trend analyses are published by Chambers System as a whole.

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The price surveying functions performed by the Chambers of Commerce are additional essential activities. Surveys cover the most important commodities in terms of traded volumes, for each province, and include food and textiles, as well as the chemical and building industries. The Chambers of Commerce may carry out the aforesaid activities either through ad hoc technical committees or directly, through their relevant offices. Weekly or monthly updating of the above-mentioned publications is carried out .

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Real Estate Exchanges, established by some Chambers of Commerce, perform their activities within the same framework. They survey the prices of the main building typologies, thus providing information and guaranteeing market transparency.

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