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 DECEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 4.1.2/3.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE

Third quarter of 2009

In the third quarter of 2009, business entities in distributive trade (legal entities and tradesmen) realised 66 946 million kuna of the total turnover. Legal entities realised 64 075 million kuna, or 95.7%, and tradesmen 2 871 million kuna, or 4.3%.

At the end of the third quarter of 2009, legal entities had 23 558 and tradesmen 18 259 outlets, which made the total of 41 817 outlets.

The total number of persons in employment engaged in distributive trade amounted to 230 136. Out of that number, 190 254 persons were employed in legal entities and 39 882 in crafts.

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

	30 September, 2009			Turnover including VAT, thousand kuna
	Outlets	Persons in employment	Stocks, thousand kuna	VII. – IX. 2009.	I. – IX. 2009.
Total	41 817	230 136	36 033 994	66 945 689	190 278 714
Mediation in wholesale trade	-	1 484	-	195 875	698 705
Wholesale including exports	-	61 950	16 239 557	31 773 145	94 535 654
Retail trade	37 353	145 472	19 346 004	31 965 027	86 668 506
Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4 464	12 118	214 892	864 681	2 602 966
Other activities	-	9 112	233 541	2 146 961	5 772 883
Legal entities	23 558	190 254	33 010 924	64 074 583	182 561 505
Mediation in wholesale trade	-	922	-	170 438	613 842
Wholesale including exports	-	60 069	16 061 127	31 420 816	93 582 803
Retail trade	22 615	115 214	16 536 769	29 748 229	80 814 627
Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles	943	5 864	182 313	645 879	1 930 032
Other activities	-	8 185	230 715	2 089 221	5 620 201
Tradesmen	18 259	39 882	3 023 070	2 871 106	7 717 209
Mediation in wholesale trade	-	562	-	25 437	84 863
Wholesale including exports	-	1 881	178 430	352 329	952 851
Retail trade	14 738	30 258	2 809 235	2 216 798	5 853 879
Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles	3 521	6 254	32 579	218 802	672 934
Other activities	-	927	2 826	57 740	152 682

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

	30 September, 2009				Turnover including VAT, thousand kuna		Indices VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.	Turnover including VAT, thousand kuna		Indices I. – IX. 2009. I. – IX. 2008.
	Business entities	Outlets	Persons in employment	Stocks, thousand kuna	VII. – IX. 2008.	VII. – IX. 2009.		I. – IX. 2008.	I. – IX. 2009.
Total	33 164	41 817	230 136	36 033 994	80 795 337	66 945 689	82,9	223 920 434	190 278 714	85,0
Legal entities	14 556	23 558	190 254	33 010 924	77 614 052	64 074 583	82,6	215 382 853	182 561 505	84,8
Tradesmen	18 608	18 259	39 882	3 023 070	3 181 285	2 871 106	90,2	8 537 581	7 717 209	90,4
Trade activities	32 731	39 210	217 086	33 778 633	72 190 830	60 045 649	83,2	201 810 289	172 016 695	85,2
Legal entities	14 123	20 951	177 204	30 755 563	69 009 545	57 174 543	82,9	193 272 708	164 299 486	85,0
Tradesmen	18 608	18 259	39 882	3 023 070	3 181 285	2 871 106	90,2	8 537 581	7 717 209	90,4
45       Wholesale and retail trade and repair of            motor vehicles and motorcycles	4 653	5 894	20 052	3 109 190	8 405 085	4 988 858	59,4	28 018 479	17 699 846	63,2
Legal entities	1 463	1 866	12 703	2 880 845	8 005 901	4 634 322	57,9	26 862 158	16 640 464	61,9
Tradesmen	3 190	4 028	7 349	228 345	399 184	354 536	88,8	1 156 321	1 059 382	91,6
45.1    Sale of motor vehicles	528	665	6 399	1 698 158	6 061 396	3 248 049	53,6	20 740 559	12 131 563	58,5
Legal entities	437	584	6 225	1 688 046	6 040 542	3 238 039	53,6	20 693 655	12 100 586	58,5
Tradesmen	91	81	174	10 112	20 854	10 010	48,0	46 904	30 977	66,0
45.2    Maintenance and repair of motor            vehicles	3 503	4 438	9 811	468 111	1 152 652	815 563	70,8	3 385 694	2 489 851	73,5
Legal entities	629	753	3 246	336 746	855 039	556 463	65,1	2 487 697	1 678 795	67,5
Tradesmen	2 874	3 685	6 565	131 365	297 613	259 100	87,1	897 997	811 056	90,3
45.3    Sale of motor vehicle parts and            accessories	535	702	3 661	888 023	1 052 558	879 039	83,5	3 458 019	2 853 798	82,5
Legal entities	321	454	3 103	801 675	976 386	797 401	81,7	3 260 163	2 648 278	81,2
Tradesmen	214	248	558	86 348	76 172	81 638	107,2	197 856	205 520	103,9
45.4    Sale, maintenance and repair            of motorcycles and related            parts and accessories	87	89	181	54 898	138 479	46 207	33,4	434 207	224 634	51,7
Legal entities	76	75	129	54 378	133 934	42 419	31,7	420 643	212 805	50,6
Tradesmen	11	14	52	520	4 545	3 788	83,3	13 564	11 829	87,2
46       Wholesale trade, except of motor            vehicles and motorcycles	9 824	5 805	70 326	14 893 397	35 263 112	28 546 865	81,0	97 157 381	81 852 237	84,2
Legal entities	8 184	4 903	66 824	14 582 781	34 851 293	28 139 025	80,7	96 033 320	80 753 814	84,1
Tradesmen	1 640	902	3 502	310 616	411 819	407 840	99,0	1 124 061	1 098 423	97,7
46.1    Wholesale on a fee or contract basis	1 677	533	5 492	1 147 417	1 609 486	1 315 812	81,8	4 825 731	3 900 252	80,8
Legal entities	977	207	3 944	1 055 555	1 471 679	1 188 145	80,7	4 488 993	3 613 229	80,5
Tradesmen	700	326	1 548	91 862	137 807	127 667	92,6	336 738	287 023	85,2
46.2    Wholesale trade of agricultural raw            materials and live animals	159	127	791	419 836	1 501 775	905 613	60,3	3 738 989	2 861 831	76,5
Legal entities	120	92	695	409 681	1 484 608	888 048	59,8	3 691 276	2 804 541	76,0
Tradesmen	39	35	96	10 155	17 167	17 565	102,3	47 713	57 290	120,1
46.3    Wholesale of food, beverages            and tobacco	655	539	6 863	1 000 960	3 350 281	3 248 667	97,0	8 469 324	8 276 329	97,7
Legal entities	525	424	6 604	984 250	3 327 702	3 230 425	97,1	8 409 386	8 224 053	97,8
Tradesmen	130	115	259	16 710	22 579	18 242	80,8	59 938	52 276	87,2
46.4    Wholesale of household            goods	1 421	1 163	12 852	3 347 521	7 084 811	6 121 206	86,4	20 315 778	18 134 881	89,3
Legal entities	1 212	983	12 346	3 235 723	7 030 567	6 063 234	86,2	20 172 520	17 988 803	89,2
Tradesmen	209	180	506	111 798	54 244	57 972	106,9	143 258	146 078	102,0
46.5    Wholesale of information and            communication equipment	206	100	2 399	601 292	1 245 866	1 019 857	81,9	3 701 074	3 092 721	83,6
Legal entities	175	80	2 353	596 788	1 237 935	1 014 359	81,9	3 674 634	3 073 718	83,6
Tradesmen	31	20	46	4 504	7 931	5 498	69,3	26 440	19 003	71,9
46.6    Wholesale of other machinery,            equipment and supplies	335	135	2 055	409 850	911 584	528 587	58,0	2 720 103	1 725 765	63,4
Legal entities	321	127	2 025	405 339	906 011	523 761	57,8	2 706 069	1 712 959	63,3
Tradesmen	14	8	30	4 511	5 573	4 826	86,6	14 034	12 806	91,2
46.7    Other specialised wholesale	1 027	821	10 605	2 295 941	8 212 433	6 149 320	74,9	21 965 958	17 079 253	77,8
Legal entities	885	753	10 294	2 270 314	8 170 099	6 112 843	74,8	21 840 155	16 988 417	77,8
Tradesmen	142	68	311	25 627	42 334	36 477	86,2	125 803	90 836	72,2
46.9    Non-specialised wholesale trade	4 344	2 387	29 269	5 670 580	11 346 876	9 257 803	81,6	31 420 424	26 781 205	85,2
Legal entities	3 969	2 237	28 563	5 625 131	11 222 692	9 118 210	81,2	31 050 287	26 348 094	84,9
Tradesmen	375	150	706	45 449	124 184	139 593	112,4	370 137	433 111	117,0
47       Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	18 254	27 511	126 708	15 776 046	28 522 633	26 509 926	92,9	76 634 429	72 464 612	94,6
Legal entities	4 476	14 182	97 677	13 291 937	26 152 351	24 401 196	93,3	70 377 230	66 905 208	95,1
Tradesmen	13 778	13 329	29 031	2 484 109	2 370 282	2 108 730	89,0	6 257 199	5 559 404	88,8
47.11   Retail sale in non-specialised stores with            food, beverages or tobacco predominating	2 978	7 270	50 513	3 921 177	12 792 731	12 896 095	100,8	33 183 361	33 848 945	102,0
Legal entities	791	4 579	45 430	3 672 834	12 145 218	12 312 726	101,4	31 410 173	32 263 293	102,7
Tradesmen	2 187	2 691	5 083	248 343	647 513	583 369	90,1	1 773 188	1 585 652	89,4
47.19  Other retail sale in non- specialised stores	2 754	4 043	15 375	2 477 305	3 417 926	2 776 548	81,2	9 347 536	7 921 175	84,7
Legal entities	933	1 636	11 316	2 093 142	2 968 257	2 392 454	80,6	8 212 704	6 966 008	84,8
Tradesmen	1 821	2 407	4 059	384 163	449 669	384 094	85,4	1 134 832	955 167	84,2
47.2    Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco            in specialised stores	1 115	1 838	4 557	191 505	628 473	611 565	97,3	1 718 307	1 683 012	97,9
Legal entities	191	830	2 433	162 222	454 577	442 969	97,4	1 248 176	1 247 794	100,0
Tradesmen	924	1 008	2 124	29 283	173 896	168 596	97,0	470 131	435 218	92,6
47.3    Retail sale of automotive fuel in            specialised stores	73	197	1 947	142 012	1 987 327	1 783 593	89,7	5 404 266	4 754 102	88,0
Legal entities	62	184	1 904	141 447	1 985 587	1 781 731	89,7	5 398 878	4 749 418	88,0
Tradesmen	11	13	43	565	1 740	1 862	107,0	5 388	4 684	86,9
47.4    Retail sale of information and            communication equipment in            specialised stores	144	170	613	64 586	220 770	116 241	52,7	695 285	370 446	53,3
Legal entities	93	104	488	56 654	196 648	106 274	54,0	634 198	337 274	53,2
Tradesmen	51	66	125	7 932	24 122	9 967	41,3	61 087	33 172	54,3
47.5    Retail sale of other household            equipment in specialised stores	1 617	2 326	12 642	2 936 267	3 356 278	2 494 130	74,3	9 203 995	7 386 144	80,2
Legal entities	783	1 288	10 528	2 534 484	3 159 539	2 319 078	73,4	8 674 560	6 938 131	80,0
Tradesmen	834	1 038	2 114	401 783	196 739	175 052	89,0	529 435	448 013	84,6
47.6    Retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in        specialised stores	461	2 113	6 839	676 954	1 664 112	1 814 466	109,0	4 252 991	4 452 274	104,7
Legal entities	256	1 871	6 367	611 272	1 602 342	1 752 037	109,3	4 108 179	4 310 637	104,9
Tradesmen	205	242	472	65 682	61 770	62 429	101,1	144 812	141 637	97,8
47.7    Retail sale of other goods in            specialised stores	4 019	7 367	24 254	4 758 834	3 790 185	3 421 676	90,3	11 010 666	10 390 487	94,4
Legal entities	1 174	3 641	18 016	3 831 721	3 424 696	3 112 716	90,9	9 977 212	9 475 989	95,0
Tradesmen	2 845	3 726	6 238	927 113	365 489	308 960	84,5	1 033 454	914 498	88,5
47.8    Retail sale via stalls and markets	3 576	1 676	6 137	319 186	220 893	204 305	92,5	557 275	510 004	91,5
Legal entities	46	9	92	12 569	11 183	7 368	65,9	32 666	23 245	71,2
Tradesmen	3 530	1 667	6 045	306 617	209 710	196 937	93,9	524 609	486 759	92,8
47.9    Retail sale not in stores, stalls or            markets	1 517	511	3 831	288 220	443 938	391 307	88,1	1 260 747	1 148 023	91,1
Legal entities	147	40	1 103	175 592	204 304	173 843	85,1	680 484	593 419	87,2
Tradesmen	1 370	471	2 728	112 628	239 634	217 464	90,7	580 263	554 604	95,6
Non-trade activities	433	2 607	13 050	2 255 361	8 604 507	6 900 040	80,2	22 110 145	18 262 019	82,6
Legal entities	433	2 607	13 050	2 255 361	8 604 507	6 900 040	80,2	22 110 145	18 262 019	82,6
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
VII. – IX.	33 164	14 556	18 608	41 817	23 558	18 259	230 136	190 254	39 882

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.	131,6*	134,2	113,1	119,2	109,4	137,3	102,8	113,9	126,1	155,5	132,3	117,4
VII. – IX.	119,1*	120,1	111,5	126,6	116,9	160,1	124,9	125,7	135,3	143,4	139,3	117,6
X. – XII.	128,1*	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.	122,2*	124,0	109,4	105,9	82,7	157,1	89,3	114,1	126,3	119,5	119,1	95,3
IV. – VI.	144,4*	148,5	114,8	125,5	95,4	194,6	107,6	124,4	126,3	158,1	143,3	118,1
VII. – IX.	118,7*	120,4	106,9	129,2	90,6	224,8	127,6	125,5	120,7	145,9	152,1	115,9
X. – XII.	116,5*	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.	89,5*	89,9*	84,7*	107,5*	73,8*	147,7*	110,5*	112,5*	110,3*	98,8*	113,7*	102,8*
VII. – IX.	70,5	69,2	75,7	104,6	74,1	135,5	123,8	108,5	98,9	84,6	113,9	94,6

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

	Coefficient of variance, %	Estimation of total	Lower reliability interval limit	Upper reliability interval limit	Standard error
Legal entities
Outlets	1,7	23 558	22 752	24 365	411
Persons in employment	0,7	190 254	187 544	192 965	1 382
Stocks, end of quarter	1,7	32 791 048	31 466 725	34 115 371	675 342
Turnover	2,1	64 074 583	61 996 734	66 152 432	1 059 605
Tradesmen
Outlets	2,0	18 259	17 541	18 977	366
Persons in employment	1,6	39 882	38 591	41 172	657
Stocks, end of quarter	3,2	3 023 070	2 614 492	3 431 648	208 198
Turnover	6,9	2 871 106	2 689 687	3 052 524	92 445

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 person, 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.

Confidence interval is 95%.

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

Symbols

-  no occurrence

*  data revised or corrected