1 June 2011
2011- n° 142In March 2011, the turnover rose in transportation and storage but decreased in business
support activities Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - March 2011
In March 2011, the turnover rose in transportation and storage (+1.6%) and, to a lesser extent, in real estate activities (+0.2%). It was broadly stable in the “wholesale trade…” (+0.1%) whereas it fell in business support activities (–1.2%) and in information and communication (–0.6%).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted.
In March 2011, the turnover rose in transportation and storage (+1.6%) and, to a lesser extent, in real estate activities (+0.2%). It was broadly stable in the “wholesale trade…” (+0.1%) whereas it fell in business support activities (–1.2%) and in information and communication (–0.6%).
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business service
- Source : INSEE
Quarter on quarter (q-o-q), the turnover increased : by 3.6% in the “wholesale trade...”, by 3.3% in transportation and storage, by 2.5% in information and communication, by 1.1% in business support activities, and by 0.5% in real estate activities.
Year on year (y-o-y), the turnover was up by 11.0% in the “wholesale trade...”. It also increased in business support activities (+6.1 %), in transportation and storage (+5.8 %), in information and communication (+4.0%) and in real estate activities (+2.6%).
The SA-WDA evolution in February has been revised by +0.6 point in information and communication. The decrease, initially announced at –3.1%, is corrected at –2.5%. In the same period, the SA-WDA evolution has been revised by +0.3 point in transportation and storage and by +0.2 point in business support activities. The turnover’s variation has been confirmed in the “wholesale trade...” and in real estate activities.
tableauTableau 1 – Monthly turnover indices
| Change in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification NAF rev. 2 | Weight | March/Feb. | Feb./ Jan. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| 46 Wholesale trade. except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 11.0 |
| Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | –0.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 5.5 |
| Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | –0.3 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 32.3 |
| Wholesale of food. beverages and tobacco | 183 | –0.4 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 7.4 |
| Wholesale of household goods | 173 | 1.2 | 1.0 | –0.2 | 3.9 |
| Wholesale of professional equipment goods | 215 | 0.6 | –3.7 | 4.1 | 11.7 |
| Other specialised wholesale | 193 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 8.7 | 18.3 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 5.8 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | –0.6 | –2.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | –1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| M Professional. scientific and technical activities | 626 | –2.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | 1.0 | –1.2 | 2.3 | 7.5 |
- (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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