2 April 2012
2012- n° 87In January 2012, the turnover increased in business support activities and in information
and communication Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - January 2012
In January 2012, the turnover rose business support activities (+1.1 %) and in information and communication (+1.0 %). It slightly increased in the wholesale trade (+0.2 %). On the contrary, it fall in real estate activities (–2.3 %) and in transportation and storage (–0.7 %).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted.
In January 2012, the turnover rose business support activities (+1.1 %) and in information and communication (+1.0 %). It slightly increased in the wholesale trade (+0.2 %). On the contrary, it fall in real estate activities (–2.3 %) and in transportation and storage (–0.7 %).
Quarter on quarter (q-o-q), the turnover expanded in real estate activities (+2.0 %), in transportation and storage (+1.8 %), in business support activities (+0.3 %), in the wholesale trade (+0.2 %) and in information and communication (+0.2 %).
Year on year (y-o-y), the turnover rose in business support activities (+5.5 %), in the wholesale trade (+4.0 %), in transportation and storage (+4.0 %), in information and communication (+2.7 %) and, to a lesser extent, in real estate activities (+1.1 %).
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business service
- Source : INSEE
Revisions
The annually update of all the SA-WDA involves higher revisions than usual. The SA-WDA evolution in December has been revised by +1.1 point in transportation and storage. The variation, initially announced at +0.5 %, has been corrected at +1.6 %. In the same period, the SA-WDA evolution has been revised by +0.3 point in business support activities, by +0.1 point in the wholesale trade and by +0.1 point in real estate activities. The turnover’s variation has been confirmed in information and communication.
tableauTab1_anglais – Monthly turnover indices
| Change in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification NAF rev. 2 | Weight | Jan. /Dec. | Dec./ Nov. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | 0.2 | –1.0 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | –2.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
| Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | 0.9 | –4.0 | –0.6 | 7.2 |
| Wholesale of food. beverages and tobacco | 183 | 1.3 | –1.8 | –1.2 | 3.3 |
| Wholesale of household goods | 173 | –0.3 | –0.3 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Wholesale of professional equipment goods | 215 | 1.6 | –0.1 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| Other specialised wholesale | 193 | 0.5 | –1.7 | –0.5 | 2.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | –0.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | –2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| M Professional. scientific and technical activities | 626 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 6.3 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | 2.4 | 1.0 | –0.9 | 4.0 |
- (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
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