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Wholesale trade and intermediaries. Macromagnitudes. By branches

Wholesale trade and intermediaries. Macromagnitudes. By branches. CCAE-2009 Catalonia. 2012
Value of production Intermediate consumption GAV pm Taxes net of subsidies GAV to
Agricultural matter and live animals 472,721 258,108 214,613 -2,057 216,670
Food, beverages and tobacco 3,951,922 2,135,660 1,816,263 4,589 1,811,674
Articles for domestic use 7,114,678 3,582,873 3,531,805 49,848 3,481,957
ICT equipment 1,126,141 431,829 694,312 7,670 686,643
Other machinery and equipment 2,580,366 975,944 1,604,423 28,224 1,576,199
Other wholesale 3,763,508 1,827,602 1,935,906 26,259 1,909,647
Non-specialized wholesale trade 46,463 24,838 21,625 238 21,387
Trade intermediaries 1,128,615 383,689 744,926 -2,763 747,689
Total 20,184,415 9,620,542 10,563,873 112,008 10,451,866
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the INE's Annual survey of services.

Last update: October 21, 2014.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Gross operating surplus
Surplus generated by operational activities after compensating for the work factor. This can be calculated as the difference between gross value added at factor cost and personnel costs.
Gross value added at market prices
It is calculated upon the basis of the production value less intermediate consumption, which is made up of the sum of the consumption of raw materials and other supplies and expenditure on external services.
Gross value added at factor cost
Gross income from operating activities once the effects of the operating subsidies and indirect taxes have been adjusted. It is calculated upon the basis of the gross value added at market prices, deducting the taxes linked to production and products and adding the operating
Production vale
Number of final goods and services produced by the company during the year. It is equal to the turnover, plus the changes in inventories of products finished and in progress, plus the work performed by the company for its assets (capitalized production), plus accessory income and any other related to current management, less the consumption of goods and work performed by other companies.

Methodological aspects

The main source of trade statistics is the Structural business statistics in the trade sector, called the Annual Trade Survey prior to the reference year 2014, conducted by the INE in accordance with European Union regulations, whereby the statistics for Catalonia are exploited by Idescat. General information is obtained on the evolution of commerce and three main groups or sections that it is made up of:

  • sale and repair of motor vehicles and motocycles
  • wholesale
  • retail

This breakdown presents the tables showing the main results for macromagnitudes and employed persons. In turn, these large groups are subdivided into branches that cover all specialities of commerce. For this smaller breakdown, tables showing macromagnitudes and employed persons are also presented.

Since 2008, the Annual commerce survey has been adapted to the new National classification of economic activities (CNAE-2009). This change involves a shift in the series that prevents inter-annual comparison between most sectors and some variables.

The correspondences between the sectors used and the Catalan classification of economic activities (CCAE-2009) is as follows:

CCAE-2009Groups of activities
  
45Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
46Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
47Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
49-53Transportation and storage
55,56Accommodation
58-63Information and communication
68Real estate activities
69-75Professional, scientific and technical activities
77-82Administrative and support service activities
90-93Arts, entertainment and recreation
95,96Other services

Several methodological improvements were applied to the Structural Business Statistics in 2016. The results for 2016 are therefore not strictly comparable with those for previous years.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.