3 May 2011
2011- n° 115In February 2011, the turnover increased in transportation and storage, in the wholesale
trade and business support activities Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - February 2011
In February 2011, the turnover rose in transportation and storage (+0.9%), in the “wholesale trade…” (+0.7%) and in business support activities (+0.6%). It was broadly steady in real estate activities (+0.1%) whereas it dropped in information and communication (–3.1%), after a noticeably growth in January (+5.5%).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted.
In February 2011, the turnover rose in transportation and storage (+0.9%), in the “wholesale trade…” (+0.7%) and in business support activities (+0.6%). It was broadly steady in real estate activities (+0.1%) whereas it dropped in information and communication (–3.1%), after a noticeably growth in January (+5.5%).
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business service
- Source : INSEE
Quarter on quarter (q-o-q), the turnover increased : by 3.3% in the “wholesale trade...”, by 1.5% in business support activities, by 1.3% in transportation and storage, by 1.0% in information and communication and by 0.5% in real estate activities.
Year on year (y-o-y), the turnover picked up by 10.5% in the “wholesale trade...”, by 5.4 % in business support activities and by 5.2% in transportation and storage. It also was up in information and communication (+3.0%) and in real estate activities (+2.1%).
The SA-WDA evolution in January has been revised by +0.7 point in information and communication. The increase, initially announced at +4.8%, is corrected at +5.5%. In the same period, the SA-WDA evolution has been revised by +0.4 point in transportation and storage, by –0.3 point in real estate activities and by +0.2 point in business support activities. The turnover’s variation has been confirmed in real estate activities.
The revisions of the SA-WDA evolution in January are due to the raw serie’s revision.
tableauTableau 1 – Monthly turnover indices
| Change in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification NAF rev. 2 | Weight | Feb./ Jan. | Jan./ Dec. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 10.5 |
| Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | 1.4 | –0.4 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 31.6 |
| Wholesale of food. beverages and tobacco | 183 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 6.8 |
| Wholesale of household goods | 173 | –0.1 | 0.1 | –0.3 | 4.1 |
| Wholesale of professional equipment goods | 215 | –2.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 11.8 |
| Other specialized wholesale | 193 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 16.3 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 5.2 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | –3.1 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | 0.1 | –0.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| M Professional. scientific and technical activities | 626 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | –1.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 7.3 |
- (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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