6 April 2010
2010- n° 92In January 2010, the turnover increased in the information and communication sector
and remained stable in the other sectors Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - January 2010
In January, the turnover rose by 1.4% in the information and communication sector. It was broadly steady in the wholesale trade except of motor vehicles and motorcycles (+0.1%), in “transportation and storage” (–0.1%), in real estate activities (+0.2%) and in business support activities (+0.1%).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day ajusted.
In January, the turnover rose by 1.4% in the information and communication sector. It was broadly steady in the wholesale trade except of motor vehicles and motorcycles (+0.1%), in “transportation and storage” (–0.1%), in real estate activities (+0.2%) and in business support activities (+0.1%).
On a quarterly basis, the turnover expanded in “information and communication” (+1.4%, q-o-q), in real estate activities (+0.9%), in the “wholesale trade…” (+0.5%) and in business support activities (+0.4%). It was stable in “transportation and storage” (+0.1%).
Compared to the same three months of the previous year, the turnover of the last three months was still down in the “wholesale trade…” (–6.4%, y-o-y), in “transportation and storage” (–4.5%) and, to a lesser extent, in business support activities (–2.1%). Conversely, it stood at higher level than a year ago in real estate activities (+2.0%) and in ”information and communication” (+0.8%).
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business service

- Source : INSEE
tableauTab1_anglais – Monthly turnover indices
Change in % | |||||
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Classification Naf rev. 2 | Weight | Jan./ Dec. | Dec./ Nov. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | –6.4 |
Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | –4.4 |
Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | –0.2 | –0.4 | –3.2 | –15.7 |
Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco | 183 | 0.6 | –0.2 | 0.9 | –2.9 |
Wholesale of household goods | 173 | 0.3 | –0.7 | –0.6 | –0.7 |
Wholesale of professional equipement goods | 215 | –0.2 | 1.1 | –0.8 | –11.0 |
Other specialised wholesale | 193 | –0.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 | –7.9 |
H Transportation and storage | 1000 | –0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | –4.5 |
J Information and communication | 1000 | 1.4 | –0.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
L Real estate activities | 1000 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
M+N Business support activities | 1000 | 0.1 | –0.2 | 0.4 | –2.1 |
M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 626 | 0.0 | –0.1 | 0.0 | –0.5 |
N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | 0.1 | –0.4 | 1.2 | –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 different levels of aggregation of the classification NAF rev. 2.
- Source: INSEE