29 April 2013
2013- n° 102In February 2013, the turnover went down in the wholesale trade, except for motor
vehicles and motorcycles but took off in business services Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - February 2013
In February 2013, the turnover declined in the wholesale trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles (–0.7%). On the contrary, it rose in information and communication (+0.9%), in business support activities (+0.6%) and in real estate activities (+0.5%). It was broadly steady in transportation and storage (+0.1%).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted (SA-WDA).
In February 2013, the turnover declined in the wholesale trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles (–0.7%). On the contrary, it rose in information and communication (+0.9%), in business support activities (+0.6%) and in real estate activities (+0.5%). It was broadly steady in transportation and storage (+0.1%).
Over the quarter (q-o-q), the turnover increased in real estate activities (+1.5%), in transportation and storage (+1.3%), in business support activities (+1.2%), in information and communication (+1.2%) and in the wholesale trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles (+0.6%).
Year-on-year (y-o-y), the turnover improved in the wholesale trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles (+2.9%), in transportation and storage (+1.9%) and, to a lesser extent, in information and communication (+0.6%) and in business support activities (+0.5%). Conversely, it fell off in real estate activities (–0.9%).
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business services
- Source : INSEE
Revisions
The evolution in January has been revised by –0.2 point in transportation and storage. The variation, announced at +0.5% last month, has been corrected at +0.3%. The turnover’s variation has been confirmed in the wholesale trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles, in information and communication, in real estate activities and in business support activities.
tableauTab1_anglais – Variation of the turnover in the wholesale trade and business services
| Change in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nace classification | Weight | Feb./ Jan. | Jan./ Dec. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | –0.7 | –0.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | –0.9 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | 0.6 | –1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 579 | 1.2 | –0.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 421 | –0.2 | –2.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
- (1) Quarter-on-quarter: last three months / three previous months.
- (2) Year-on-year: last three months / three same months of the previous year.
- Source: INSEE
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