1 February 2012
2012- n° 36In November 2011, the turnover rose in real estate activities and in transportation
and storage Turnover in the wholesale trade and business services - November 2011
In November 2011, the turnover increased in real estate activities (+2.4 %), in transportation and storage (+1.3 %) and, to a lesser extent, in the wholesale trade (+0.4 %) and in information and communication (+0.3 %). On the contrary, it declined in business support activities (–0.4 %).
Every index in this issue is in value, seasonally and working-day adjusted.
In November 2011, the turnover increased in real estate activities (+2.4 %), in transportation and storage (+1.3 %) and, to a lesser extent, in the wholesale trade (+0.4 %) and in information and communication (+0.3 %). On the contrary, it declined in business support activities (–0.4 %).
Quarter on quarter (q-o-q), the turnover rose in business support activities (+0.7 %), in information and communication (+0.7 %), in the wholesale trade (+0.6 %) and in transportation and storage (+0.6 %). Conversely, it fell in real estate activities (–0.8 %).
Year on year (y-o-y), the turnover grew in business support activities (+6.1 %), in the wholesale trade (+5.9 %), in transportation and storage (+3.7 %) and in information and communication (+3.2 %) whereas it slightly decreased in real estate activities (–0.4 %).
graphiqueGraph1_anglais – Wholesale trade and business service
- Source : INSEE
Revisions
The SA-WDA evolution in October has been revised by +0.2 point in business support activities. The increase, initially announced at +0.5 %, is corrected at +0.7 %. This correction is due to the coefficients SA-WDA’s updating in the sector of architectural and engineering activities. In the same period, the SA-WDA evolution has been revised by –0.2 point in transportation and storage, by –0.1 point in the wholesale trade and by +0.1 point in real estate activities. In the same period, the turnover’s variation has been confirmed in information and communication.
tableauTableau 1 – Monthly turnover indices
| Change in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification NAF rev. 2 | Weight | Nov./ Oct. | Oct./ Sept. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1000 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
| Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 166 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
| Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals | 62 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 14.8 |
| Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco | 183 | –2.0 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| Wholesale of household goods | 173 | 0.8 | –0.8 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Wholesale of professional equipment goods | 215 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| Other specialized wholesale | 193 | 1.0 | 0.1 | –0.9 | 6.0 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1000 | 1.3 | –1.0 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| J Information and communication | 1000 | 0.3 | –1.1 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| L Real estate activities | 1000 | 2.4 | –1.4 | –0.8 | –0.4 |
| M+N Business support activities | 1000 | –0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 626 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 6.8 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 374 | –1.4 | 0.2 | –0.1 | 4.9 |
- (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 different levels of aggregation of the classification NAF rev. 2.
- Source: INSEE
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