3 November 2010
2010- n° 270In August, the turnover grew in business services whereas it declined in the wholesale
trade Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - August 2010
In August 2010, the turnover rose in the sector of information and communication (+1.3 %), in business support activities (+0.9 %) and, to a lesser extent, in transportation and storage (+0.3 %). It was broadly steady in real estate activities (+0.1 %). It bounced back in the wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles ( 0.5 %).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted.
In August 2010, the turnover rose in the sector of information and communication (+1.3 %), in business support activities (+0.9 %) and, to a lesser extent, in transportation and storage (+0.3 %). It was broadly steady in real estate activities (+0.1 %). It bounced back in the wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles (–0.5 %).
In the last three months, the turnover increased in all the sectors compared to the three previous months : +3.0 % in transportation and storage, +2.0 % in business support activities, +1.6 % in the sector of information and communication, +1.0 % in the “wholesale trade...”, and +0.6 % in real estate activities.
Compared to the same three months of the previous year, the turnover of the last trimester soared in transportation and storage (+7.9 %) due to the exceptional jumps in February and in July. It also grew in the “wholesale trade...” (+5.2 %), in the sector of information and communication (+5.2 %) in business support activities (+2.9 %) and in real estate activities (+2.4 %).
The SA-WDA evolution in July has been revised by +0.4 point in transportation and storage. The increase, initially announced at +4.6 %, has been corrected at + 5.0 %. In the same period, the turnover’s variation has been corrected by +0.2 point in the sector information and communication, by +0.1 point in business support activities and in “wholesale trade...”. It has been confirmed in real estate activities.
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business service
- Source : INSEE
tableauTab1_anglais – Monthly turnover indices
| Change in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification NAF rev. 2 | Weight | Aug./ July | July/ June | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | –0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | –0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | –0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco | 183 | –1.4 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 3.9 |
| Wholesale of household goods | 173 | –0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Wholesale of professional equipement goods | 215 | –1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| Other specialised wholesale | 193 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 7.9 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 626 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 5.0 |
- (1) Quarter-on-quarter: last three months / three previous months.
- (2) Year-on-year: last three months / three same months of the previous year.
- The codes correspond to differents levels of aggregation of the classification NAF rev. 2.
- Source: INSEE
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