Turnover in the Wholesale Trade

1. Turnover in the Wholesale Trade Jonas Färnstrand Statistics Sweden ------------------------------ jonas.farnstrand@scb.se

2. Background • EU-regulated survey • Demands for decreased response burden • Turnover by product important to National Accounts • Concentration on economic statistics • Service sector in particular

3. Background • Prior to 1997 • No administrative data • Sample of 15 000 enterprises (about 1 200 in the wholesale trade) • Only total turnover (not by product) • Complementary survey every fifth year (turnover by product)

4. Background • 1997-2002 • Adminstrative data available (National Tax Board) • Total turnover, profit/loss, investments (derived), balance sheet etc • Complementary survey for enterprises > 50 employees (about 5 000 of which 500 belongs to the wholesale trade) • Turnover by product only for large enterprises, lack of information for activities with many small enterprises

5. Background • 2003- • Administrative data available • Πps-sampling based on administrative data • Sample of 15 000 enterprises (1 900 in the wholesale trade) • No cut-off limits • Pre-printed data (totals) to reduce the response burden • Annual information on turnover by product for all activities

6. Sample sizes Number of enterprises, total: Manufacturing 62 000 Service sector: 532 000 - wholesale trade 44 000

7. Stratification • The goal is to cover as much turnover and as many product as possible • 4-digit NACE in general • Some 5-digit national level strata • About 50 strata in total

8. Largest activities (divisions)

9. Wholesale trade data

10. Time series, turnover

11. September t+1 Sample is drawn, questionnaires sent out August t+1 Adminstrative data available June t+2 Definitive results are published, data sent to Eurostat and NA March t+1 Complete questionnaire for the very largest enterprises December t+1 Preliminary results are published November t The population is created from the Business Register Reference year t Time table

12. Questionnaires • Electronic questionnaires to enterprises > 10 employees (password by mail) • Paper questionnaires and password to the smaller enterprises • Pre-printed administrative data (total turnover, total personnel costs etc)

13. 1 2a 2b 2d 2 2c 1. Pre-printed turnover 2. Turnover by product 2a. Main variables 2b. Other variables belonging to the activity 2c. Reported variables from last year 2d. Other products (drop down-list)

14. Electronic – pros and cons + Some checks/editing can be done already at the enterprise + Less expensive (at least for Statistics Sweden) + Less registration + XBRL in the future + Drop down-lists - Problems to get to the questionnaire (macro settings in Excel, load times)

15. Response rates

16. Response rates

17. Wholesale groups NACE (ISIC) • 511 (461) Wholesale on a fee or a contract basis • 512 (462) Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals • 513 (463) Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco • 514 (464) Wholesale of household goods • 515 (466) Wholesale of non-agricultural intermediate products, waste and scrap • 518 (465) Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies • 519 (469) Other wholesale

18. Turnover 2006

19. Turnover 1997-2006

20. Turnover by product

21. Wholesale trade – the future • The new NACE classification (reference year 2008)

22. Thank you! Questions?