1 July 2011
2011- n° 168In April 2011, the turnover increased in business support activities but fell in transportation
and storage Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - April 2011
In April 2011, the turnover rose in business support activities (+1.2%), in information and communication (+0.9%) and, to a lesser extent, in real estate activities (+0.3%). It was unchanged in the “wholesale trade…” (+0.0%). Conversely, it dropped in transportation and storage (–1.9%) after an increase last three months.
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted.
In April 2011, the turnover rose in business support activities (+1.2%), in information and communication (+0.9%) and, to a lesser extent, in real estate activities (+0.3%). It was unchanged in the “wholesale trade…” (+0.0%). Conversely, it dropped in transportation and storage (–1.9%) after an increase last three months.
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business service
- Source : INSEE
Quarter on quarter (q-o-q), the turnover went up : by 2.2% in the “wholesale trade...”, by 1.5% in transportation and storage, by 1.1% in business support activities, by 0.7% in information and communication and by 0.6% in real estate activities.
Year on year (y-o-y), the turnover grew by 10.2% in the “wholesale trade...”. It also rose in business support activities (+6.2 %), in transportation and storage (+4.1 %), in real estate activities (+2.9%) and in information and communication (+2.3%).
The SA-WDA evolution in March has been revised by –0.3 point in business support activities. The decrease, initially announced at –1.2%, is corrected at –1.5%. In the same period, the SA-WDA evolution has been revised by +0.1 point in information and communication, +0.1 point in transportation and storage, and –0.1 point in the “wholesale trade..”. The turnover’s variation has been confirmed in real estate activities.
tableauTableau 1 – Monthly turnover indices
| Change in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification NAF rev. 2 | Weight | April/ March | March/Feb. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 10.2 |
| Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | 0.9 | –0.9 | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | 0.6 | –0.3 | 5.8 | 31.1 |
| Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco | 183 | 1.1 | –0.2 | 2.5 | 7.9 |
| Wholesale of household goods | 173 | –1.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Wholesale of professional equipement goods | 215 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| Other specialised wholesale | 193 | –2.6 | –0.5 | 4.7 | 15.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | –1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 4.1 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | 0.9 | –0.5 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | 1.2 | –1.5 | 1.1 | 6.2 |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 626 | 1.9 | –1.8 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | 0.1 | –0.8 | 0.1 | 5.3 |
- (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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