30 October 2012
2012- n° 269In August 2012, the turnover declined in real estate activities and in business support
activities Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - August 2012
In August 2012, the turnover went down sharply compared with July in real estate actitivies (–2.6%). It also fell in business support activities (–0.7%) and in transportation and storage (–0.3%). On the contrary, the turnover improved in the wholesale trade (+0.6%) and in information and communication (+0.4%).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted.
In August 2012, the turnover went down sharply compared with July in real estate actitivies (–2.6%). It also fell in business support activities (–0.7%) and in transportation and storage (–0.3%). On the contrary, the turnover improved in the wholesale trade (+0.6%) and in information and communication (+0.4%)
Quarter on quarter (q-o-q), the turnover rose by +1.1% in the wholesale trade, by +0.8% in business support activities, by +0.8% in transportation and storage and by +0.3% in information and communication. On the other hand, it fell off by –0.9% in real estate activities.
Year on year (y-o-y), the turnover took off by +2.8% in the wholesale trade, by +2.8% in transportation and storage, by +2.6% in business support activities and by +2.1% in information and communication. It was broadly stable in real estate activities (+0.1%).
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services
- Source : INSEE
Revisions
The SA-WDA evolution in July has been revised by +0.4 point in transportation and storage. The variation, announced at +1.2% last month, has been corrected at +1.6%. In the same period, the SA-WDA evolution has been revised by –0.3 point in information and communication, by –0.2 point in business support activities and by +0.1 point in the wholesale trade and in real estate activities.
tableauTab1_anglais – Variation of the turnover in the wholesale trade and business services
| Change in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification NAF rev. 2 | Weight | Aug./ July | July/ June | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| 461 Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| 462 Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 463 Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco | 183 | 1.8 | –0.2 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| 464 Wholesale of household goods | 173 | 0.0 | –0.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 465 and 466 Wholesale of professional equipment goods | 215 | –0.8 | –1.8 | 1.9 | 4.6 |
| 467 Other specialised wholesale | 193 | –0.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | –0.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | 0.4 | –1.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | –2.6 | 0.0 | –0.9 | 0.1 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | –0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 626 | –1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | –0.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
- (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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