1 June 2012
2012- n° 140In March 2012, the turnover fell in information and communication and in business
support activities Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - March 2012
In March 2012, the turnover decreased in information and communication (–4.1 %) and in business support activities (–2.7 %). On the contrary, it grew in the wholesale trade (+2.0 %), in transportation and storage (+1.3 %) and, to a lesser extent, in real estate activities (+0.3 %).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted.
In March 2012, the turnover decreased in information and communication (–4.1 %) and in business support activities (–2.7 %). On the contrary, it grew in the wholesale trade (+2.0 %), in transportation and storage (+1.3 %) and, to a lesser extent, in real estate activities (+0.3 %).
Quarter on quarter (q-o-q), the turnover rose in information and communication (+1.2 %) and in business support activities (+1.2 %). It was broadly stable in transportation and storage (+0.2 %) and in real estate activities (–0.1 %). It slightly declined in the wholesale trade (–0.3 %).
Year on year (y-o-y), the turnover rose in business support activities (+4.0 %), in information and communication (+2.0 %), in transportation and storage (+2.0 %), in the wholesale trade (+1.8 %) and, to a lesser extent, in real estate activities (+0.2 %).
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business service
- Source : INSEE
Revisions
The SA-WDA evolution in February has been revised by –0.3 point in the wholesale trade. The variation, initially announced at –0.5 %, has been corrected at –0.8 %. The correction is due to the coefficients SA-WDA’s updating in the sector of the wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals. In the same period, the SA-WDA evolution has been revised by –0.3 point in information and communication, by +0.1 point in transportation and storage, by –0.1 point in real estate activities and by –0.1 point in business support activities.
tableauTab1_anglais – 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 | 2.0 | –0.8 | –0.3 | 1.9 |
| Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | –1.6 | 2.9 | –0.8 | 5.7 |
| Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | 14.0 | –9.4 | –3.5 | 0.1 |
| Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco | 183 | –0.2 | 0.8 | –0.1 | 2.6 |
| Wholesale of household goods | 173 | 0.5 | 0.0 | –0.7 | 1.3 |
| Wholesale of professional equipment goods | 215 | 0.9 | –0.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| Other specialised wholesale | 193 | 5.0 | –2.2 | 0.4 | –0.6 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | 1.3 | –2.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | –4.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | –0.1 | 0.2 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | –2.7 | –0.1 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 626 | –0.9 | –0.2 | 0.2 | 4.6 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | –5.9 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
- (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
Pour en savoir plus
