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

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

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

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?