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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLV.

ZAGREB, 26 JUNE, 2008

NUMBER: 4.1.2/1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE
First quarter of 2008

 

In the first quarter of 2008, business entities in distributive trade (legal entities and tradesmen) realised 66 518 million kuna of the total turnover. Legal entities realised 63 149 million kuna, or 94.9%, and tradesmen realised 3 369 million kuna, or 5.1%.

 

At the end of the first quarter of 2008, legal entities had 27 270 and tradesmen 21 715 outlets, which made the total of 48 985 outlets.

 

The total number of persons in employment engaged in distributive trade amounted to 256 373. Out of that number, 209 560 persons were employed in legal entities and 46 813 in crafts.

 

 

1.   OUTLETS, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, TURNOVER AND STOCKS IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE, BY ACTIVITIES OF BUSINESS
      ENTITIES, FIRST QUARTER OF 2008  

 

31 March, 2008

Turnover including VAT,
thousand kuna

Outlets

Persons in
employment

Stocks,
accounting value,
thousand kuna

I. – III. 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

Total

27 270

209 560

36 284 151

63 149 125

 

 

 

 

 

Mediation in trade of motor vehicles and
motorcycles

-

50

-

5 221

Wholesale trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles

-

4 749

3 073 314

5 231 944

Retail trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles

1 372

4 387

1 324 157

2 542 752

Retail trade of automotive fuel

711

4 616

473 839

4 211 704

Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles

824

5 549

149 640

543 186

Mediation in wholesale trade

-

1 300

-

205 104

Wholesale on domestic market

-

62 637

14 594 042

27 739 086

Exports

-

1 078

49 865

1 684 532

Retail trade

24 254

116 236

16 400 576

19 506 886

Repair of personal and household goods

109

380

14 703

15 420

Other activities

-

8 578

204 015

1 463 290

 

2.   OUTLETS, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, TURNOVER AND STOCKS IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE, BY PREVAILING ACTIVITY IN CRAFTS,       FIRST QUARTER OF 2008 

 

31 March, 2008

Turnover including VAT,
thousand kuna

Outlets

Persons in
employment

Stocks,
accounting value,
thousand kuna

I. – III. 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

Total

27 715

46 813

3 674 882

3 368 812

 

 

 

 

 

Trade of motor vehicles; repairs of
motor vehicles

2 959

6 243

182 168

301 638

 

 

 

 

 

Wholesale trade and commission trade

1 175

3 133

279 252

265 026

 

 

 

 

 

Retail trade; repair of household
goods

17 581

37 437

3 213 462

2 802 168

 

 

3.   COEFFICIENT OF VARIANCE AND STANDARD ERROR FOR SOME VARIABLES, LEGAL ENTITIES AND TRADESMEN,

      FIRST QUARTER OF 2008 

 

Coefficient of variance, %

Estimation of total

Standard deviation

 

 

 

 

Legal persons

 

 

 

Outlets

3,6

27 270

993

Persons in employment

1,7

209 558

2 571

Stocks, end of quarter

2,0

36 284 152

718 081

Turnover

1,3

63 149 126

830 223

 

 

 

 

Tradesmen

 

 

 

Outlets

1,9

21 716

409

Persons in employment

2,6

46 815

1 174

Stocks, end of quarter

7,1

3 674 883

259 735

Turnover

4,0

3 368 812

129 490

 

4.   BUSINESS ENTITIES, OUTLETS, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, TURNOVER AND STOCKS IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE, BY       PREVAILING ACTIVITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, FIRST QUARTER OF 2008 

 

31 March, 2008

Turnover including VAT,
thousand kuna

 

Business
entities

Outlets

Persons in
employment

Stocks,
thousand
kuna

I. – III. 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

39 199

48 985

256 373

39 959 033

66 517 937

           Legal entities

18 198

27 270

209 560

36 284 151

63 149 125

           Tradesmen

21 001

21 715

46 813

3 674 882

3 368 812

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade activities

35 870

43 218

226 520

35 814 846

57 209 779

           Legal entities

14 869

21 503

179 707

32 139 964

53 840 967

           Tradesmen

21 001

21 715

46 813

3 674 882

3 368 812

 

 

 

 

 

 

50       Sale, maintenance and repair of
           motor vehicles and motorcycles;
           retail sale of automotive fuel

4 611

4 925

20 978

4 179 396

8 988 859

           Legal entities

1 657

1 967

14 734

3 997 227

8 687 222

           Tradesmen

2 955

2 959

6 243

182 168

301 638

 

 

 

 

 

 

50.1    Trade of motor vehicles

525

625

5 534

1 994 277

4 215 613

           Legal entities

465

545

5424

1 985 077

4 212 786

           Tradesmen

60

80

110

9 200

2 827

 

 

 

 

 

 

50.2    Maintenance and repair of motor
           vehicles

3 374

3 520

10 518

726 572

1 851 888

           Legal entities

649

815

4 769

606 316

1 599 039

           Tradesmen

2 725

2 705

5 749

120 256

252 849

 

 

 

 

 

 

50.3    Trade of accessories and related
           parts of motor vehicles

558

556

3 335

1 259 788

1 725 246

           Legal entities

447

441

3 121

1 232 557

1 694 159

           Tradesmen

111

115

214

27 231

31 087

 

 

 

 

 

 

50.4    Sale, maintenance and repair of
           motorcycles and related parts and
           accessories

92

94

273

85 228

89 285

           Legal entities

47

49

189

64 105

81 568

           Tradesmen

45

45

84

21 123

7 717

 

 

 

 

 

 

50.5    Retail trade of automotive fuel

62

130

1 318

113 531

1 106 827

           Legal entities

48

116

1 232

109 173

1 099 669

           Tradesmen

14

14

86

4 358

7 158

 

 

 

 

 

 

51       Wholesale trade and commission
           trade, except of motor vehicles and
           motorcycles

9 820

8 746

81 217

15 343 549

27 567 921

           Legal entities

8 459

7 571

78 084

15 064 297

27 302 895

           Tradesmen

1 361

1 175

3 133

279 252

265 026

 

 

 

 

 

 

51.1    Wholesale on a fee or contract basis

1 362

1 837

9 576

971 598

2 263 768

           Legal entities

896

1 507

8 723

901 949

2 207 432

           Tradesmen

466

330

853

69 649

56 336

 

 

 

 

 

 

51.2    Wholesale trade of agricultural raw
           material and live animals

192

180

1 172

300 528

1 128 777

           Legal entities

115

89

995

286 120

1 100 761

           Tradesmen

77

91

177

14 408

28 016

 

 

 

 

 

 

51.3    Wholesale trade of food, beverage
           and tobacco products

708

810

9 302

1 156 127

3 150 880

           Legal entities

554

608

8 872

1 144 046

3 119 547

           Tradesmen

154

202

430

12 081

31 333

 

 

 

 

 

 

51.4    Wholesale trade of household
           articles

1 253

1 284

12 989

3 214 366

5 544 866

           Legal entities

1 094

1 121

12 453

3 144 528

3 500 678

           Tradesmen

159

163

536

69 838

44 188

 

 

 

 

 

 

51.5    Wholesale trade of non-agricultural
           products, wastes and scraps

1 060

645

11 195

2 412 394

5 051 339

           Legal entities

914

528

10 874

2 387 776

5 016 905

           Tradesmen

146

117

321

24 618

34 434

 

4.   BUSINESS ENTITIES, OUTLETS, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, TURNOVER AND STOCKS IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE, BY       PREVAILINGACTIVITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, FIRST QUARTER OF 2008 

 (continued)

 

31 March, 2008

Turnover including VAT,
thousand kuna

Business
entities

Outlets

Persons in
employment

Stocks,
thousand
kuna

I. – III. 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

51.8     Wholesale trade of machinery,
            equipment and supplies

468

182

3 450

895 714

1 717 836

            Legal entities

420

134

3 373

884 294

1 701 644

            Tradesmen

48

48

77

11 420

16 192

 

 

 

 

 

 

51.9     Other wholesale trade

4 777

3 808

33 533

6 392 822

8 710 455

            Legal entities

4 466

3 584

32 794

6 315 584

8 655 928

            Tradesmen

311

224

739

77 238

54 527

 

 

 

 

 

 

52        Retail trade, except of motor vehicles
            and motorcycles; repair of personal
            and household goods

21 439

29 547

124 325

16 291 901

20 652 999

            Legal entities

4 754

11 966

86 888

13 078 439

17 850 851

            Tradesmen

16 685

17 581

37 437

3 213 462

2 802 148

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.11   Retail sale in non-specialised
            stores with food, beverages or
            tobacco predominating

4 231

7 450

39 732

3 108 982

7 028 778

            Legal entities

1 048

3 780

31 390

2 681 644

6 201 088

            Tradesmen

3 183

3 670

8 342

427 338

827 690

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.12   Other retail trade in non-
            specialised stores

3 197

4 727

26 789

3 822 704

4 859 859

            Legal entities

1 127

2 254

21 789

3 400 316

4 414 093

            Tradesmen

2 070

2 473

5 000

422 388

445 766

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

1 429

2 412

7 113

286 606

876 830

            Legal entities

174

885

3 742

216 086

653 575

            Tradesmen

1 255

1 527

3 371

70 520

223 255

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.3     Retail trade of pharmaceutical,
            cosmetic, toilet and similar articles

653

1 509

6 636

967 593

1 833 046

            Legal entities

270

1 103

5 749

842 185

1 626 862

            Tradesmen

383

406

887

125 408

206 184

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.4     Other retail sale of new goods in       specialised stores

6 483

9 089

34 149

7 494 119

5 392 271

            Legal entities

1 882

3 769

22 567

5 620 349

4 627 375

            Tradesmen

4 601

5 320

11 582

1 873 770

764 896

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.6     Retail trade not in stores and other retail
            trade

3 826

2 808

6 965

460 824

492 755

            Legal entities

130

77

1 055

245 432

262 513

            Tradesmen

3 696

2 731

5 910

215 392

230 242

 

 

 

 

 

 

52.7     Repair of personal and household
            goods

1 620

1 552

2 941

151 073

169 460

            Legal entities

123

98

596

72 427

65 345

            Tradesmen

1 497

1 454

2 345

78 646

104 115

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-trade activities

3 329

5 767

29 853

4 144 187

9 308 158

            Legal entities

3 329

5 767

29 853

4 144 187

9 308 158

            Tradesmen

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Sources and methods of data collection

Data sources for distributive trade are regular surveys: the Quarterly Report of Distributive Trade for Legal Entities (TRG-2 form) and the Quarterly Report of Distributive Trade for Crafts (TRG-2/OBRT form).

 

The Quarterly Report of Distributive Trade (TRG-2 form) is conducted by using the reporting method. It comprises legal entities engaged in activities classified in section G of the NKD 2002: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and personal and household goods.

 

It also includes legal entities classified by their prevailing activity in other sections, but with registered parts that perform trade activities.

 

Data collection for the Quarterly Report of Distributive Trade for Crafts (TRG-2/OBRT form) is conducted by using the reporting method. It comprises natural persons (tradesmen) registered by their prevailing activity in section G of the NKD 2002.

 

 

Coverage

Both surveys are conducted by using the sampling method. The given results are the base for the evaluation of the whole group. The quality of results depends on up-dating of registers, which serves as a frame for sample selection.

 

Since the first quarter of 2007, the sample frame and the stratification of sample units according to size have been changed.

 

The frame for sample selection in distributive trade surveys for legal entities consists of active legal entities and parts thereof registered in the G section of the NKD 2002. in the Statistical Business Register of the Central Bureau of Statistics. Their activity status is defined according to information obtained from the Tax Administration Office of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia databases (annual income tax return files in 2005) and the Register of Annual and Quarterly Financial Reports (January to September 2006) of the Financial Agency (FINA). Because of the ongoing updating process, the Statistical Business Register is a subject to permanent changes.

 

The sample covers all large and medium-sized as well as micro-sized and small legal entities selected by random sample method included in the above mentioned frame The sample is divided to strata according to the prevailing activity and size of the legal entity.

 

Legal entities are classified by their prevailing activities according to the NKD 2002. (NN, Nos. 13/03, 52/03 and 123/03).

 

By their size, they are divided into micro-sized, small, medium-sized and large ones. The criterion used in defining the size of legal entities is the number of persons in employment. For legal entities whose prevailing activity is classified outside trade, the number of persons in employment in trade activities is taken into account. Micro-sized entities employ 0 – 9, small ones 10 – 49, medium-sized ones 50 – 249 and large ones 205 and more persons.

 

The following principle was used in presenting the data: legal entities engaged in trade as their main activity (any activity from section G of the NKD 2002.) present data for all activities they are engaged in, even for non-trade ones. Legal entities whose main activity is not trade (e.g. manufacture, traffic and the like) present only data for their trade activities.

 

The wholesale trade includes only purchase of goods intended for further sale, while it excludes the wholesale trade of own products (from own production of industrial or agricultural enterprises).

 

The retail trade includes the entire sale to final consumers for personal consumption or use in households, irrespective of whether it comprises resale of someone else's products or sale of own products.

 

The sampling frame for the distributive trade surveys for natural persons (tradesmen) is the income tax payers’ database of the Tax Administration Office, that is, all magnetic records of tradesmen registered in the said database in section G of the NKD 2002. (situation as in 2005). The sample stratification was done by the prevailing activity in crafts. Tradesmen followed the principle to present only the total data for all activities they are engaged in. Tradesmen that are engaged but not registered in trade activities were not taken into account when the whole group was evaluated.

 

 

Definitions

 

Distributive trade is a set of all types of trade activities, from supplying goods from the producer to distributing them to the final consumer. It comprises wholesale trade on one's own account, wholesale on a fee or contract basis, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles and personal and household goods.

Wholesale trade (groups 51.2 – 51.7; subclasses 50.10.1, 50.30.1 and 50.40.1 of the NKD 2002.) is an activity of sales of goods to industrial, trading and professional users and organisations as well as to other business entities engaged in wholesale or retail trade. It also includes transit of goods (sales of goods which is by a vendor's order directly delivered to a customer from a warehouse or any other place, put in by a producer, importer or other business entity, without being previously stored at the salesman's).

 

Wholesale on a fee or contract basis (group 51.1; subclasses 50.10.3, 50.30.3 and 50.40.3 of the NKD 2002.) consists of performing of wholesale trade by payment or contract. It includes sales from consignment warehouses, commissioner’s services (representatives, agents), mediator for trading goods and other wholesale vendors operating on behalf or on the account of others, as well as an activity of those who are engaged in connecting vendors with customers or undertake trade transactions on behalf of the owner of goods. Stock exchange is not included.

 

Retail trade (groups 52.1 – 52.6; subclasses 50.10.2, 50.30.2, 50.40.2 and class 50.50 of the NKD 2002.) is the sale of goods to final consumers for personal consumption or use in households.

 

Repair of personal and household goods (group 52.7; class 50.20 and subclass 50.40.4 of the NKD 2002.) comprises activities or repairs of personal and household goods not connected to manufacture, wholesale or retail trade.             

Sales outlets are the business premises where retail trade is conducted. It comprises: shops, self-service stores, department stores, rented sales space within department stores, kiosks and petrol stations.

 

Number of employed persons includes all persons actually working in a business entity: all persons in paid employment, owners, co-owners and unpaid family members who regularly work in a business entity; persons working outside central premises of an enterprise (e.g. sales representatives, messengers, repair and maintenance teams); persons on short leaves (e.g. for sickness, maternal leave, paid vacation); persons on strike; short time workers; persons who work at home; seasonal workers and trainees. It excludes persons who are absent for an indefinite time period, then persons working in a monitored business entity, but sent by another business entity (e.g. persons performing repairs in a monitored business entity on account of another enterprise); persons included in obligatory military service. Reporting units often do not stick to this definition because they show only persons in paid employment in a business entity.

 

Turnover is a value of sold goods and services on the market, irrespective of whether they are paid or not, with VAT included.

 

Stocks are presented in the state at the end of the year, based on accounting value. Stocks in warehouses are shown as stocks in the wholesale trade, while stocks in outlets are shown as stocks in the retail trade.

 

 

Abbreviations

 

Fina           Financial Agency

NKD 2002. National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

NN             Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of               
                    Croatia

VAT           Value Added Tax

'000           thousand

 

 

Symbols

 

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