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Short-term Statistics (STS) of Service Activities in SORS

Iris RoškerSORS, Service Statistics Department

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Two main viewpoints of the presentation

1. Results of STS-surveys as a basis for the calculation of the EU aggregate;

2. Review of results of STS-surveys on service activities in Slovenia

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1 Results of STS-surveys as a basis for the EU aggregate

1.1 Joining the European processes;

1.2 Scope of STS-statistics on service activities;

1.3 Inquiries within STS-statistics on service activities;

1.4 Significance of the length of the data series and base year.

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1.1 Joining the European processes

Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 with the Amendment to the CR provides guidelines for conducting of STS-statistics, for example:

• Methodology,

• Data processing,

• Timeliness and other components

of the EU countries STS-statistics results.

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1.2 Scope of STS-statistics on service activities

Widely, STS-statistics on service activities in SORS includes:

• Retail trade and motor trade statistics;

• Hotels and restaurants statistics;

• Other service statistics.

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1.3 Inquiries within STS-statistics on service activities

Monthly statistics on turnover and persons working in the enterprises comprises three surveys, regarding the main activity of the enterprise:

• TRG/M - retail trade and motor trade activities; • GO/M - hotels and restaurants activities;• STOR/M - supporting and auxiliary transport

activities, travel agencies, post and telecommunications, computer and related activ., enterprise activities, other service activities.

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1.4 Significance of the length of the data series and base year

• Significance of the length of the data series regarding the further processing of the results, e.g. working-day adjustment and seasonal adjustment (at least 3-5 years);

• Significance of the determination of the base year - in order to be able to calculate the EU aggregate.

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2. Review of turnover fluctuations in STS service activities

The fluctuation of turnover (excl. VAT) in the following activities:

2.1 Retail trade; 2.2 Motor trade;2.3 Hotels and restaurants;2.4 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities and travel

agencies; 2.5 Post and telecommunications; 2.6 Computer and related activities; 2.7 Enterprise activities; 2.8 Other service activities.

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2.1 Volume of turnover in retail trade

Retail trade

80

90

100

110

120

130

140

150

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Indices Ф 2000=100

Volume Seasonally adjusted Trend

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2.2 Volume of turnover in motor trade

Motor trade

80

90

100

110

120

130

140

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Indices, Ф 2000=100

Volume Seasonally adjusted Trend

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2.3 Volume of turnover in hotels and restaurants

Hotels and restaurants

80

90

100

110

120

130

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Indices, Ф 2000=100

Volume Seasonally adjusted Trend

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2.4 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities and activities of travel agencies

Supporting and auxiliary transport activities and activities of travel agencies

60

80

100

120

140

160

2003 2004

Indices, Ф 2003=100

Turnover value Linear (Turnover value)

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2.5 Post and telecommunications

Post and telecommunications

60

80

100

120

140

160

2003 2004

Indices, Ф 2003=100

Turnover value Linear (Turnover value)

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2.6 Computer and related activities

Computer and related activities

60

80

100

120

140

160

2003 2004

Indices, Ф 2003=100

Turnover value Linear (Turnover value)

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2.7 Enterprise activities

Enterprise activities

60

80

100

120

140

160

2003 2004

Indices, Ф 2003=100

Turnover value Linear (Turnover value)

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2.8 Other service activities

Other service activities

60

80

100

120

140

160

2003 2004

Indices, Ф 2003=100

Turnover value Linear (Turnover value)

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Further implementation of STS-statistics on service activities includes

• Harmonization with the regulation, regarding the newly included activities (e.g. land transport, transport via pipelines, water transport, air transport);

• Working-day adjustment and seasonal adjustment of some at present too short data series;

• Collecting of information on deflators for some service activities;

• Quality assessment and increasing of quality of the data;• Shortening of time for the data publishing and

automation of the data dissemination process.