FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 23 SEPTEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 4.1.2/2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE
Second quarter of 2009

In the second quarter of 2009, business entities in distributive trade (legal entities and tradesmen) realised 66 054 million kuna of the total turnover. Legal entities realised 63 416 million kuna, or 96.0%, and tradesmen 2 638 million kuna, or 4.0%.

At the end of the second quarter of 2009, legal entities had 23 840 and tradesmen 18 166 outlets, which made the total of 42 006 outlets.

The total number of persons in employment engaged in distributive trade amounted to 233 083. Out of that number, 192 955 persons were employed in legal entities and 40 128 in crafts.

1.   OUTLETS, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, TURNOVER AND STOCKS IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE, BY ACTIVITIES OF BUSINESS ENTITIES,
      SECOND QUARTER OF 2009

	30 June, 2009			Turnover including VAT, thousand kuna IV. – VI. 2009.
	Outlets	Persons in employment	Stocks, thousand kuna	IV. – VI. 2009.	I. – VI. 2009.
Total	42 006	233 083	37 113 991	66 053 604	123 333 025
Mediation in wholesale trade	-	1 753	-	219 231	502 830
Wholesale including exports	-	63 381	17 526 241	33 209 108	62 762 509
Retail trade	37 577	146 391	19 137 826	29 698 591	54 703 479
Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4 429	12 129	210 987	906 497	1 738 285
Other activities	-	9 429	238 937	2 020 177	3 625 922
Legal entities	23 840	192 955	34 047 270	63 415 764	118 486 922
Mediation in wholesale trade	-	989	-	182 613	443 404
Wholesale including exports	-	61 556	17 365 038	32 874 934	62 161 987
Retail trade	22 934	115 954	16 270 374	27 711 990	51 066 398
Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles	906	5 839	178 489	675 541	1 284 153
Other activities	-	8 617	233 369	1 970 686	3 530 980
Tradesmen	18 166	40 128	3 066 721	2 637 840	4 846 103
Mediation in wholesale trade	-	764	-	36 618	59 426
Wholesale including exports	-	1 825	161 203	334 174	600 522
Retail trade	14 643	30 437	2 867 452	1 986 601	3 637 081
Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles	3 523	6 290	32 498	230 956	454 132
Other activities	-	812	5 568	49 491	94 942

2.   BUSINESS ENTITIES, OUTLETS, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, TURNOVER AND STOCKS IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE, BY PREVAILING
      ACTIVITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, SECOND QUARTER OF 2009 

	30 June, 2009				Turnover including VAT, thousand kuna		Indices IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	Turnover including VAT, thousand kuna		Indices I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.
	Business entities	Outlets	Persons in employment	Stocks, thousand kuna	IV.-VI. 2008.	IV.-VI. 2009.		I.-VI. 2008.	I.-VI. 2009.
Total	33 446	42 006	233 083	37 113 991	77 653 709	66 053 604	85,1	143 125 097	123 333 025	86,2
Legal entities	14 896	23 840	192 955	34 047 270	74 711 304	63 415 764	84,9	137 768 801	118 486 922	86,0
Tradesmen	18 550	18 166	40 128	3 066 721	2 942 405	2 637 840	89,6	5 356 296	4 846 103	90,5
Trade activities	33 017	39 357	219 586	34 690 373	70 196 103	60 056 820	85,6	129 619 459	111 971 046	86,4
Legal entities	14 467	21 191	179 458	31 623 652	67 253 698	57 418 980	85,4	124 263 163	107 124 943	86,2
Tradesmen	18 550	18 166	40 128	3 066 721	2 942 405	2 637 840	89,6	5 356 296	4 846 103	90,5
45       Wholesale and retail trade and repair of            motor vehicles and motorcycles	4 749	5 899	20 781	3 893 037	10 581 698	6 555 849	62,0	19 613 394	12 710 988	64,8
Legal entities	1 536	1 877	13 192	3 665 340	10 177 399	6 192 699	60,8	18 856 257	12 006 142	63,7
Tradesmen	3 213	4 022	7 589	227 697	404 299	363 150	89,8	757 137	704 846	93,1
45.1    Sale of motor vehicles	589	666	6 872	2 057 637	8 002 426	4 447 218	55,6	14 679 163	8 883 514	60,5
Legal entities	505	619	6 697	2 047 345	7 992 491	4 433 442	55,5	14 653 113	8 862 547	60,5
Tradesmen	84	47	175	10 292	9 935	13 776	138,7	26 050	20 967	80,5
45.2    Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles	3 527	4 490	10 028	492 265	1 179 688	870 430	73,8	2 233 042	1 674 288	75,0
Legal entities	632	756	3 257	358 006	859 723	592 074	68,9	1 632 658	1 122 332	68,7
Tradesmen	2 895	3 734	6 771	134 259	319 965	278 356	87,0	600 384	551 956	91,9
45.3    Sale of motor vehicle parts and            accessories	544	653	3 701	1 279 227	1 191 067	1 111 188	93,3	2 405 461	1 974 759	82,1
Legal entities	321	426	3 110	1 196 795	1 122 149	1 044 724	93,1	2 283 777	1 850 877	81,0
Tradesmen	223	227	591	82 432	68 918	66 464	96,4	121 684	123 882	101,8
45.4    Sale, maintenance and repair            of motorcycles and related            parts and accessories	89	90	180	63 908	208 517	127 013	60,9	295 728	178 427	60,3
Legal entities	78	76	128	63 194	203 036	122 459	60,3	286 709	170 386	59,4
Tradesmen	11	14	52	714	5 481	4 554	83,1	9 019	8 041	89,2
46       Wholesale trade, except of motor            vehicles and motorcycles	9 981	5 893	70 728	14 969 698	33 280 186	28 486 992	85,6	61 894 269	53 305 372	86,1
Legal entities	8 364	4 978	67 362	14 665 653	32 885 971	28 115 316	85,5	61 182 027	52 614 789	86,0
Tradesmen	1 617	915	3 366	304 045	394 215	371 676	94,3	712 242	690 583	97,0
46.1    Wholesale on a fee or contract basis	1 657	515	5 288	1 112 752	1 749 688	1 354 303	77,4	3 216 245	2 584 440	80,4
Legal entities	971	182	3 913	1 025 444	1 638 187	1 267 825	77,4	3 017 314	2 425 084	80,4
Tradesmen	686	333	1 375	87 308	111 501	86 478	77,6	198 931	159 356	80,1
46.2    Wholesale trade of agricultural raw            materials and live animals	169	131	823	300 883	1 242 494	942 703	75,9	2 237 214	1 956 218	87,4
Legal entities	130	95	722	292 120	1 224 178	919 991	75,2	2 206 668	1 916 493	86,9
Tradesmen	39	36	101	8 763	18 316	22 712	124,0	30 546	39 725	130,0
46.3    Wholesale of food, beverages            and tobacco	662	551	6 622	1 035 167	2 787 306	2 863 170	102,7	5 119 043	5 027 662	98,2
Legal entities	532	426	6 354	1 020 926	2 767 591	2 844 985	102,8	5 081 684	4 993 628	98,3
Tradesmen	130	125	268	14 241	19 715	18 185	92,2	37 359	34 034	91,1
46.4    Wholesale of household goods	1 375	1 137	12 877	3 298 169	6 745 951	6 095 333	90,4	13 230 967	12 013 675	90,8
Legal entities	1 166	962	12 368	3 189 929	6 699 438	6 045 578	90,2	13 141 953	11 925 569	90,7
Tradesmen	209	175	509	108 240	46 513	49 755	107,0	89 014	88 106	99,0
46.5    Wholesale of information and            communication equipment	212	99	2 390	461 149	1 181 278	1 030 753	87,3	2 455 208	2 072 864	84,4
Legal entities	181	79	2 343	456 427	1 171 609	1 024 022	87,4	2 436 699	2 059 359	84,5
Tradesmen	31	20	47	4 722	9 669	6 731	69,6	18 509	13 505	73,0
46.6    Wholesale of other machinery,            equipment and supplies	329	135	2 098	473 252	1 001 906	626 356	62,5	1 808 519	1 197 178	66,2
Legal entities	315	127	2 067	469 110	997 055	621 875	62,4	1 800 058	1 189 198	66,1
Tradesmen	14	8	31	4 142	4 851	4 481	92,4	8 461	7 980	94,3
46.7    Other specialised wholesale	1 084	825	10 983	2 383 519	7 609 324	6 031 008	79,3	13 753 525	10 929 933	79,5
Legal entities	942	761	10 659	2 357 873	7 564 485	6 003 670	79,4	13 670 056	10 875 574	79,6
Tradesmen	142	64	324	25 646	44 839	27 338	61,0	83 469	54 359	65,1

2.   BUSINESS ENTITIES, OUTLETS, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, TURNOVER AND STOCKS IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE, BY PREVAILING
      ACTIVITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, SECOND QUARTER OF 2009 

(continued)

	30 June, 2009				Turnover including VAT, thousand kuna		Indices IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	Turnover including VAT, thousand kuna		Indices I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.
	Business entities	Outlets	Persons in employment	Stocks, thousand kuna	IV.-VI. 2008.	IV.-VI. 2009.		I.-VI. 2008.	I.-VI. 2009.
46.9    Non-specialised wholesale trade	4 493	2 500	29 647	5 904 807	10 962 239	9 543 366	87,1	20 073 548	17 523 402	87,3
Legal entities	4 127	2 346	28 936	5 853 824	10 823 428	9 387 370	86,7	19 827 595	17 229 884	86,9
Tradesmen	366	154	711	50 983	138 811	155 996	112,4	245 953	293 518	119,3
47       Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	18 287	27 565	128 077	15 827 638	26 334 219	25 013 979	95,0	48 111 796	45 954 686	95,5
Legal entities	4 567	14 336	98 904	13 292 659	24 190 328	23 110 965	95,5	44 224 879	42 504 012	96,1
Tradesmen	13 720	13 229	29 173	2 534 979	2 143 891	1 903 014	88,8	3 886 917	3 450 674	88,8
47.11   Retail sale in non-specialised stores with            food, beverages or tobacco predominating	2 985	7 364	50 386	3 975 124	11 003 235	11 480 714	104,3	20 390 630	20 952 850	102,8
Legal entities	784	4 655	45 290	3 714 999	10 401 661	10 936 967	105,1	19 264 955	19 950 567	103,6
Tradesmen	2 201	2 709	5 096	260 125	601 574	543 747	90,4	1 125 675	1 002 283	89,0
47.19  Other retail sale in non- specialised stores	2 778	4 022	16 535	2 629 038	3 307 527	2 854 733	86,3	5 929 610	5 144 627	86,8
Legal entities	952	1 615	12 591	2 208 118	2 912 419	2 539 521	87,2	5 244 447	4 573 554	87,2
Tradesmen	1 826	2 407	3 944	420 920	395 108	315 212	79,8	685 163	571 073	83,3
47.2    Retail sale of food, beverages and            tobacco in specialised stores	1 109	1 929	4 590	199 204	593 677	580 615	97,8	1 089 834	1 071 447	98,3
Legal entities	190	873	2 419	153 787	423 142	432 772	102,3	793 599	804 825	101,4
Tradesmen	919	1 056	2 171	45 417	170 535	147 843	86,7	296 235	266 622	90,0
47.3    Retail sale of automotive fuel in            specialised stores	76	195	1 958	150 499	1 963 555	1 642 602	83,7	3 416 939	2 970 509	86,9
Legal entities	65	182	1 915	150 024	1 961 511	1 641 069	83,7	3 413 291	2 967 687	86,9
Tradesmen	11	13	43	475	2 044	1 533	75,0	3 648	2 822	77,4
47.4    Retail sale of information and            communication equipment in            specialised stores	143	175	584	71 402	293 177	115 220	39,3	474 515	254 205	53,6
Legal entities	92	109	456	63 600	273 377	104 638	38,3	437 550	231 000	52,8
Tradesmen	51	66	128	7 802	19 800	10 582	53,4	36 965	23 205	62,8
47.5    Retail sale of other household            equipment in specialised stores	1 631	2 367	12 749	3 012 462	3 337 478	2 669 285	80,0	5 847 717	4 892 014	83,7
Legal entities	800	1 332	10 646	2 608 363	3 152 849	2 511 735	79,7	5 515 021	4 619 053	83,8
Tradesmen	831	1 035	2 103	404 099	184 629	157 550	85,3	332 696	272 961	82,0
47.6    Retail sale of cultural and recreation            goods in specialised stores	468	2 141	6 965	668 860	1 350 690	1 404 063	104,0	2 588 879	2 637 808	101,9
Legal entities	262	1 896	6 486	598 678	1 306 336	1 360 909	104,2	2 505 837	2 558 600	102,1
Tradesmen	206	245	479	70 182	44 354	43 154	97,3	83 042	79 208	95,4
47.7    Retail sale of other goods in            specialised stores	4 080	7 237	24 245	4 464 914	3 879 937	3 705 210	95,5	7 220 481	6 968 811	96,5
Legal entities	1 221	3 633	17 884	3 612 383	3 516 545	3 380 935	96,1	6 552 516	6 363 273	97,1
Tradesmen	2 859	3 604	6 361	852 531	363 392	324 275	89,2	667 965	605 538	90,7
47.8    Retail sale via stalls and markets	3 491	1 556	6 240	361 064	180 070	167 234	92,9	336 382	305 699	90,9
Legal entities	45	4	98	12 423	11 084	6 260	56,5	21 483	15 877	73,9
Tradesmen	3 446	1 552	6 142	348 641	168 986	160 974	95,3	314 899	289 822	92,0
47.9    Retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets	1 526	579	3 825	295 071	424 873	394 303	92,8	816 809	756 716	92,6
Legal entities	156	37	1 119	170 284	231 404	196 159	84,8	476 180	419 576	88,1
Tradesmen	1 370	542	2 706	124 787	193 469	198 144	102,4	340 629	337 140	99,0
Non-trade activities	429	2 649	13 497	2 423 618	7 457 606	5 996 784	80,4	13 505 638	11 361 979	84,1
Legal entities	429	2 649	13 497	2 423 618	7 457 606	5 996 784	80,4	13 505 638	11 361 979	84,1
Tradesmen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

3.   DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE (LEGAL ENTITIES AND TRADESMEN ENGAGED IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE ACTIVITIES), BY QUARTERS, 2005 – 2009

	Business entities			Outlets			Persons in employment
	Total	Legal entities	Tradesmen	Total	Legal entities	Tradesmen	Total	Legal entities	Tradesmen
I. – III. 2005.	34 341	15 846	18 495	43 170	22 639	20 531	209 335	166 010	43 325
IV. – VI.	33 759	15 368	18 391	43 088	22 414	20 674	208 060	165 002	43 058
VII. – IX.	33 326	15 121	18 205	42 567	22 133	20 434	208 925	166 103	42 822
X. – XII.	33 056	14 967	18 089	42 351	22 041	20 310	208 788	165 782	43 006
I. – III. 2006.	32 741	14 557	18 184	42 166	22 213	19 953	211 479	167 937	43 542
IV. – VI.	32 283	14 281	18 002	42 423	22 434	19 989	213 902	170 641	43 261
VII. – IX.	31 770	13 973	17 797	41 736	22 215	19 521	213 353	170 212	43 141
X. – XII.	31 652	13 905	17 747	41 426	22 022	19 404	213 831	170 630	43 201
I. – III. 2007.	34 720	15 184	19 536	43 219	23 000	20 219	229 853	184 864	44 989
IV. – VI.	35 416	15 590	19 826	44 478	23 966	20 512	237 090	192 762	44 328
VII. – IX.	35 103	15 393	19 710	44 877	24 317	20 560	239 433	195 579	43 854
X. – XII.	34 713	15 038	19 675	43 926	23 701	20 225	236 946	193 450	43 496
I. – III. 2008.	34 604	15 100	19 504	43 967	23 706	20 261	238 847	194 379	44 468
IV. – VI.	34 419	15 003	19 416	44 310	24 215	20 095	245 183	200 281	44 902
VII. – IX.	34 133	14 792	19 341	44 075	23 946	20 129	243 343	199 313	44 030
X. – XII.	33 799	14 490	19 309	43 762	23 546	20 216	241 945	197 760	44 185
I. – III. 2009.	33 612	15 116	18 496	41 531	23 374	18 157	234 904	194 886	40 018
IV. – VI.	33 446	14 896	18 550	42 006	23 840	18 166	233 083	192 955	40 128

4.   TURNOVER INDICES IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE, BY PREVAILING ACTIVITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES

2005 = 100

	45	451+453+454	452	46	461	462	463	464	465	466	467	469
I. – III. 2005.	85,7	85,8	85,1	83,5	99,1	98,2	81,4	88,5	90,6	73,1	74,5	83,8
IV. – VI.	107,5	107,1	110,1	104,4	104,5	96,9	107,7	101,2	88,2	109,0	104,7	106,2
VII. – IX.	99,8	99,8	99,8	106,2	93,1	94,7	111,9	101,0	91,9	103,1	112,8	107,0
X. – XII.	107,0	107,3	105,0	106,0	103,3	110,2	99,1	109,2	129,4	114,8	108,0	103,0
I. – III. 2006.	96,1	96,6	92,3	88,5	83,3	103,2	72,5	95,7	100,4	90,1	91,4	86,2
IV. – VI.	119,1	120,7	107,5	108,6	103,8	107,1	91,8	105,3	112,0	121,9	119,2	109,5
VII. – IX.	107,8	108,6	101,8	111,8	93,2	95,8	99,1	109,5	105,5	108,0	132,6	109,0
X. – XII.	111,7	112,1	108,9	115,3	97,7	113,6	89,4	118,8	142,7	136,7	124,9	115,0
I. – III. 2007.	108,3	109,5	99,4	98,0	98,7	107,0	75,5	103,5	119,1	119,6	107,2	93,3
IV. – VI.	131,7	134,2	113,1	119,2	109,4	137,3	102,8	113,9	126,1	155,5	132,3	117,4
VII. – IX.	119,0	120,1	111,5	126,6	116,9	160,1	124,9	125,7	135,3	143,4	139,3	117,6
X. – XII.	128,0	129,4	118,5	124,8	129,3	177,4	108,1	123,1	193,0	173,6	130,8	117,1
I. – III. 2008.	122,3	124,0	109,4	105,9	82,7	157,1	89,3	114,1	126,3	119,5	119,1	95,3
IV. – VI.	144,7	148,5	114,8	125,5	95,4	194,6	107,6	124,4	126,3	158,1	143,3	118,1
VII. – IX.	118,8	120,4	106,9	129,2	90,6	224,8	127,6	125,5	120,7	145,9	152,1	115,9
X. – XII.	116,4	117,5	108,9	120,2	86,6	222,0	104,7	122,7	160,4	152,1	129,9	110,5
I. – III. 2009.	83,4	83,2	83,5	91,8	69,4	160,0	82,9	104,2	103,3	84,6	94,9	83,5
IV. – VI.	89,1	89,4	84,0	107,7	74,3	147,5	111,0	112,1	110,8	98,0	113,5	103,2

5.   COEFFICIENT OF VARIANCE AND STANDARD ERROR FOR SOME VARIABLES, LEGAL ENTITIES AND TRADESMEN, SECOND QUARTER OF 2009 

	Coefficient of variance, %	Estimation of total	Standard error
Legal entities
Outlets	1,7	23 840	412
Persons in employment	0,8	192 954	1 471
Stocks, end of quarter	2,2	34 047 271	750 308
Turnover	1,5	63 415 764	967 045
Tradesmen
Outlets	2,0	18 166	362
Persons in employment	1,6	40 128	638
Stocks, end of quarter	6,3	3 066 721	192 041
Turnover	3,1	2 637 840	82 560

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data sources for distributive trade is a regular survey titled the Quarterly Report of Distributive Trade (TRG-2 form).

Methodology for this survey is based on the Eurostat recommendations. Data collection is conducted by using the reporting method. It comprises legal entities and tradesmen engaged in activities classified in section G of the NKD 2007.: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles.

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

The following significant changes were introduced in 2009, as compared to previous years:

-       the coverage of both legal entities and tradesmen in the joint survey since the first quarter of 2009,

-       the application of the new version of the National Classification of Activities – the NKD 2007.,

-       the preparation of a new sample framework on the basis of updated Statistical Business Register of the Central Bureau of         Statistics, providing that many business units changed their prevailing activity,

-       the selection of a new sample of reporting units, - the redesigning of the questionnaire form.

All these changes affect the comparability of data with previous periods, especially because the sample frame is not up-to-date.

All sample-based data show a certain degree of unreliability. A sampling error is shown in table 5. Apart from the sampling error, data are influenced by non-sampling errors due to obsolete frameworks and its errors, errors in data reporting as well as errors occurring during data editing and estimation process.

In order to get the turnover index as accurate as possible, a question on the turnover for the same period of the previous year has been added to the questionnaire form. Variables for the total number of business entities, for the number of outlets and for the number of employed persons for previous periods were estimated by using the macro method and are presented in table 3.

Table 4 presents indices by activity aggregates, which are submitted to Eurostat on the basis of the regulation on short-term business statistics.

Coverage

The survey is 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.

The frame for sample selection consists of active legal entities and parts thereof registered in the G section of the NKD 2007. in the Statistical Business Register of the Central Bureau of Statistics. Their activity status is defined according to data obtained from the Register of Tax Payers (annual registration of taxes on profits in 2007) and the Register of Annual Financial Reports (2007) of the Financial Agency (Fina). The frame has also included newly registered legal entities since 1 January 2008. 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 2007. (NN, No. 58/07).

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 250 and more persons.

The following principle was used in presenting the data: business entities engaged in trade as their main activity (any activity from section G of the NKD 2007.) 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 2007. (situation as in 2007). The sample stratification was done by the prevailing activity in crafts and by age groups of persons in employment: crafts employing 0 – 1 persons, 2 – 9 persons and 10 and more persons. 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 46.2 – 46.9, part of groups 45.1 and 45.4 and class 45.31 of the NKD 2007.) 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). This activity includes exports as well.

Wholesale on a fee or contract basis (group 46.1 of the NKD 2007.) 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 47.1 – 47.9, part of groups 45.1 and 45.4  and class 45.32 of the NKD 2007.) is the sale of goods to final consumers for personal consumption or use in households.

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 quarter, 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.

Coefficient of variation is a relative dispersion measure expressed as a percentage. The larger variation coefficient shows the larger dispersion.

Standard error is an average square deviation of a numerical characteristic value from the arithmetic mean. It is the absolute measure of dispersion.

Abbreviations

e.g.                 for example (from Latin: exempli gratia)

Fina                Financial Agency

NKD 2007.    National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

NN                  Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

VAT                Value Added Tax

'000                thousand

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