RETAIL TRADE; SALE, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES,
AUGUST 2001

 

 

 

 

In August 2001 the total turnover of all enterprises/trade companies with retail trade or sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles as a prevailing activity was nominally higher by 1.3% as compared to July 2001, and really by 1.4%. As compared to August 2000, it was nominally higher by 5.2%, and really by 2.0%.

 

The retail trade turnover realised in all enterprises/trade companies engaged in this activity, irrespective of their prevailing activity, was in August 2001 nominally higher by 1.7%, and really higher by 1.8% as compared to July 2001 .

 

 

 

 

 

1. NOMINAL AND REAL TURNOVER INDICES BY PREVAILING ACTIVITY OF ENTERPRISE/TRADE COMPANY           BY THE NCEA, AUGUST 2001

 

Total turnover

Retail trade turnover

VIII. 2001.
VII. 2001.

VIII. 2001.
VIII. 2000.

I - VIII. 2001.
I - VIII. 2000.

VIII. 2001.
VII. 2001.

VIII. 2001.
VIII. 2000.

I - VIII. 2001.
I - VIII. 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 TURNOVER - TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominally

101,3

105,2

112,9

101,7

111,5

117,0

Really

101,4

102,0

107,0

101,8

108,1

110,9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 50; 52.1 - 6           Retail trade; sale, maintenance
and repair of motor vehicles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominally

100,9

108,5

110,4

101,5

120,4

117,1

Really

101,0

105,2

104,6

101,6

116,8

111,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Other activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominally

-

-

-

101,9

102,6

117,5

Really

-

-

-

102,0

99,5

111,4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 PRICE INDICES IN RETAIL TRADE

99,9

103,1

105,5

99,9

103,1

105,5

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 



2. TURNOVER INDICES BY PREVAILING ACTIVITY OF AN ENTERPRISE/TRADE COMPANY BY THE NCEA,    AUGUST 2001, nominally

 

Total turnover

Retail trade turnover

VIII. 2001.
VII. 2001.

VIII. 2001.
VIII. 2000.

I - VIII. 2001.
I - VIII. 2000
.

VIII. 2001.
VII. 2001.

VIII. 2001.
VIII. 2000.

I - VIII. 2001.
I - VIII. 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

101,3

105,2

112,9

101,7

111,5

117,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50; 52.1 - 6           rETAIL TRADE; SALE,
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF
MOTOR VEHICLES

100,9

108,5

110,4

101,5

120,4

117,1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50.1 - 4     Sale, maintenance and repair of motor
vehicles

93,2

83,8

89,4

95,7

104,4

117,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50.5          Retail trade of automotive fuel

104,9

114,8

116,2

103,7

116,0

123,8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.1 - 6     Retail trade

102,4

120,4

115,9

101,8

122,7

117,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.11        Retail sale in non-specialized stores with food, beverages and tobacco
predominating

104,7

123,8

118,4

105,6

123,2

120,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.12        Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

101,9

127,8

117,9

100,5

140,0

124,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.2.         Retail sale of food, beverages and
tobacco in specialised stores

97,5

100,5

101,6

97,2

103,0

103,8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.3          Retail sale of pharmaceutical and
medical goods, cosmetic and toilet
articles

94,2

113,3

110,1

94,2

114,4

110,3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.41 - 3   Retail sale of textiles, clothing,
footwear and leather goods

79,5

114,3

106,7

78,6

117,2

108,3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.44 - 6   Retail sale of furniture, lighting
equipment and household articles,
electrical household appliances and
radio and television goods, hardware,
paints and glass

101,7

100,6

111,0

93,0

100,5

113,8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.47 - 8   Retail sale of books, newspapers and
stationery and products n. e. c.

110,0

117,4

122,2

109,5

119,7

120,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES

-

-

-

101,9

102,6

117,5

 

 

 

 

3. INDICES OF THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS AND STOCKS BY PREVAILING ACTIVITY OF AN      ENTERPRISE/TRADE COMPANY BY THE NCEA, IN AUGUST 2001

 

Total number of employed persons

Number of employed persons
in retail trade

Stocks in retail trade

VIII. 2001.
VII. 2001.

VIII. 2001.
VIII. 2000.

VIII. 2001.
VII. 2001.

VIII. 2001.
VIII. 2000.

VIII. 2001.
VII. 2001.

VIII. 2001.
VIII. 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

100,5

105,8

100,7

106,0

104,5

118,3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50; 52.1 - 6          rETAIL TRADE; SALE
MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES

100,2

104,1

100,3

104,3

106,5

121,9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES

-

-

101,4

109,6

101,5

112,6

 

 


4. TURNOVER INDICES IN RETAIL TRADE BY BRANCHES, IN AUGUST 2001, nominally

 

 

VIII. 2001.
VII. 2001.

VIII. 2001.
VIII. 2000.

I.-VIII. 2001.
I.-VIII. 2000
.

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

101,7

111,5

117,0

 

 

 

 

 

50.10.2 + 50.30.2 + 50.40.2

Motor vehicles, motorcycles and retail
parts and accessories

93,7

75,1

87,0

 

 

 

 

 

50.50.

Automotive fuels

104,4

97,5

121,8

 

 

 

 

 

52.11

Non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

104,7

128,1

124,8

 

 

 

 

 

52.12

Other non-specialised stores

96,4

148,1

147,2

 

 

 

 

 

52.2

Specialised stores with food, beverages
and tobacco

101,9

112,3

110,3

 

 

 

 

 

52.3

Pharmaceutical, cosmetic, toilet and
similar articles

94,1

113,3

108,2

 

 

 

 

 

52.41 + 52.42 + 52.43

Textiles, clothing, footwear

82,1

115,2

106,4

 

 

 

 

 

52.44 + 52.45 + 52.46

Household articles, appliances, hardware,
and similar

94,4

107,9

110,4

 

 

 

 

 

52.47 + 52.48

Other specialised stores

106,1

112,0

111,6

 

 

 

 

 

52.5

Retail trade of second - hand goods

120,8

86,4

85,5

52.5

Retail trade sale not in stores

107,9

107,9

97,2

 

 

 

 

 

5.   RETAIL TURNOVER AND PRICE INDICES BY MONTHS

 

2000.

2001.

Chain indices

Indices month/Æ 2000

Chain indices

Indices month/Æ 2000

Nominal

Price

Real

Nominal

Price

Real

Nominal

Price

Real

Nominal

Price

Real

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

67,4

100,9

66,8

71,8

96,5

74,4

73,4

100,2

73,3

88,4

102,8

86,0

II.

108,5

100,4

108,1

77,9

96,8

80,5

99,1

100,5

98,6

87,6

103,3

84,8

III.

115,2

100,9

114,2

89,8

97,7

91,9

121,7

100,0

121,7

106,6

103,3

103,2

I - III.

-

-

-

79,9

97,0

82,3

-

-

-

94,2

103,1

91,4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV.

102,5

100,3

102,2

92,0

97,9

94,0

104,6

101,5

103,1

111,5

104,9

106,3

V.

106,4

100,2

106,2

97,9

98,1

99,8

105,6

100,5

105,1

117,7

105,4

111,7

VI.

105,2

102,5

102,6

103,0

100,6

102,4

101,7

99,7

102,0

119,7

105,1

113,9

I - VI.

-

-

-

88,7

98,0

90,5

-

-

-

105,3

104,1

101,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VII.

108,3

100,5

107,8

111,5

101,0

110,3

105,0

99,1

106,0

125,7

104,2

120,6

VIII.

102,8

100,0

102,8

114,6

101,0

113,4

101,7

99,9

101,8

127,8

104,1

122,8

IX.

95,3

101,3

94,1

109,3

102,4

106,7

 

 

 

 

 

 

I - IX.

-

-

-

96,4

99,1

97,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X.

100,1

100,2

99,9

109,4

102,5

106,7

 

 

 

 

 

 

XI.

93,5

100,2

93,3

102,3

102,8

99,6

 

 

 

 

 

 

XII.

117,7

99,9

117,8

120,4

102,6

117,3

 

 

 

 

 

 

I - XII.

-

-

-

100,0

100,0

99,8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

 

Data in this Release are based on the Monthly Report on Retail Trade (report form TRG-1). This survey has been carried out since 1 January 1998.

 

Method of data collection

 

Methodology for this survey is based on the Eurostat recommendations. Reporting units are enterprises/trade companies classified by their prevailing activity into retail trade or sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (according to the NCEA in division 50 and groups 52.1. - 52.6). Selected enterprises/trade companies engaged in other activities, but executing the above mentioned ones, are also included. Persons employed in crafts and trades are excluded.

 

Coverage

 

The survey is carried out by a sampling method. The evaluation of the whole group is based on the results obtained through samples. The sample covers all big and medium-sized enterprises, while small enterprises/trade companies are selected by random sample method. The Register of Business Entities of the Central Bureau of Statistics, supplemented with information in data bases of the Institute for Payment Transactions and the Tax Administration Office of the Ministry of Finances of the Republic of Croatia (as per last available situation) is used as s sampling framework. In the year 2001 the sampling framework has been supplemented with data of the Institute for Payment Transactions with situation as at the end of 1999 and the Tax Administration Office with situation as at the end of 1999. At the same time, new sample units have been selected and new methods of sample theory were implemented. As a consequence, results are not entirely comparable with the previous series, but it is not so observable in this survey, since results are presented in the form of indices, providing that questions in the questionnaire ensure that chain indices are always correct. Due to the lack of registers of high quality, the Central Bureau  of Statistics has done some additional work on the sampling framework. The quality of results obtained by this survey depends strictly on the updating of registers, which represent the framework for the selection of the sample. The sample is divided into strata according to the prevailing activitiy and the size of the enterprise/trade company.

 

Enterprises/trade companies are divided by prevailing activity on the basis of the National Classification of Economic Activities, NCEA (Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia, Nos. 3/97 and 7/97). By size, they are divided into small, medium-size and big ones. When dividing enterprises/trade companies by size, the following criteria must be fulfilled: the balance after subtracting the loss presented in the fixed assets, income in 12 months before making up the balance and the annual average of persons in employment.

 

Definitions

 

Turnover is a total value of all goods sold and services provided on the market in a month, irrespective of whether paid up or not. It also includes the value added tax. Tables 1 and 2 show indices of total turnover realised by enterprises/trade companies in all the activities they are engaged in, as well as turnover indices realised through retail trade activities. Data on total turnover and on retail trade turnover have been gained from enterprises/trade companies which are classified by their prevailing activity into retail trade or sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles.

 

Other enterprises/trade companies have presented only retail trade turnover.

 

By the same principle used to present turnover, table 3 includes indices of total number of persons employed in retail trade.

 

Data on the retail trade turnover are presented in two ways: either according to the prevailing activity in which business entities are classified (tables 1. and 2.) or according to the trade branches (table 4.). Trade branches are the actual assortment of sale in the retail trade, where goods are also classified according to the National Classification of Economic Activities.

 

Number of employed persons includes: paid workers; owners, co-owners and unpaid family members who work in the enterprise; persons who work out of the premises of their original enterprise (e.g. sales agents, couriers, maintenance and repair teams); persons absent for a short period of time (e.g. because of illness, maternity leave, paid or special leave); persons who are on strike; short-time workers; workers who work at home; seasonal workers, trainees. Workers absent for indefinite period of time, persons working in the respective enterprise but sent by another enterprise (e.g. persons who carry out maintenance or repairs in an enterprise on behalf of another enterprise) are not included; persons completing their military service.

 

Stocks in retail trade are presented with the situation as at the end of a month, by selling price with VAT included.

 

Results are shown in the form of nominal and real indices. Real indices are calculated by deflating nominal indices by price index in retail trade, excluding the electricity price.

 

Turnover indices for the year 2001 based on the previous year have been changed due to the correction of data for the years 1998 - 2000 on the basis of the data given in the Quarterly Report of Distributive Trade for Legal Entities  (TRG-2).

 

Abbreviations

n.e.c.    not elsewhere classified

NCEA   National Classification of Economic Activities

VAT      value added tax

 

Symbols

-        no occurrence