Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and household and personal goods By Mathew Oduor Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

Introduction  The Government through reform agenda enacted the new Statistics Act 2006 that replaced the Statistics Act CAP 112, enacted in 1962 to meet the challenges posed by increased demand for information. The Act established the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), a Semi- Autonomous Government Agency responsible for coordination, supervision and development of a National Statistical System that collects, analyzes and disseminates national statistics as well as develops and maintain a national statistical database. The Act commenced operation from 1st February 2007.

Establishment based Surveys/administrative records  Monthly Survey of Industrial Production survey  Labour force survey Annual  Bussiness expectation enquiry  Foreign trade statisticsMonthly  Banking and insurance dataAnnual  Hotels and conferences statisticsMonthly  Migration StatisticsMonthy  Government Finance StatisticsAnnual  Agriculture statisticsMonthly  Transport and CommunicationMonthly/Annual

Outline Wholesale and retail trade Repair of motor vehicles and household and personal goods

Wholesaleand retail trade Wholesale and retail trade Output is measured by total value of the trade margins realised on the goods they purchase for resale. Trade margin: The difference between the revenue of goods sold and the value of goods purchased for resale

Definition of Output in 1993 SNA Value of output =The value of sales, including sales at reduced prices +Value of other uses of goods purchased for resale (e.g. remuneration in kind to employees) -Value of goods purchased for resale +The value of additions to inventories of goods for resale -the value of goods withdrawn from the inventories of goods for resale -The value of recurrent losses due to normal rates of wastage theft or accidental damage

Output Calculated as the sum of adjusted trade margins in the commodity flows both at current and constant prices. An addition of 10% is made for a likely underestimation of margins on goods sold for intermediate consumption and for services that are not included in the trade margins.

Intermediate consumption  Estimated at 54% of output.

Compensation of employees The Labour Enumeration Survey (LES).

Repair of motor vehicles and household and personal goods Output. Benchmark for 2001 is estimated by: The number of cars * average cost for repair and maintenance. Constant Prices: Extrapolated (run forward) with the number of vehicles for the estimates. Current prices Derived by reflation with CPI, transport.

Intermediate consumption is estimated at 55% of output, which is based on evidence from other countries

Problems/weaknesses  Business register  No major survey done, most of these ratios are based on other countries experiences

Dissemination  Mainly disseminated through: The annual economic survey report The annual statistical abstract KNBS website Specific requests

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