Services - 2nd quarter of 2019

The highest sales growth again in information and communication

08.08.2019
Code: 180030-19
 

In the Q2 2019, sales in services adjusted for calendar effects increased at constant prices by 1.4%, year‑on-year (y-o-y); non-adjusted sales increased by 0.9%, y-o-y. Seasonally adjusted sales stagnated, quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q).

In the Q2 2019, seasonally adjusted sales in services1) stagnated, q-o-q.

Year-on-year, sales adjusted for calendar effects increased by 1.4%. The highest growth was in the section of information and communication.

Year-on-year, non-adjusted sales increased by 0.9%. Development in individual industries of services (CZ-NACE sections) was as follows:

  • sales in transportation and storage decreased by 1.4%, which was contributed to by all industries except for postal and courier activities (growth by 10.4%). The deepest sales drop was reported by warehousing and support activities for transportation (−3.9%). Sales decreased also in water transport (−1.5%), land transport and transport via pipelines (−0.7%), and air transport (−0.2%);
  • sales in accommodation and food service activities increased by 1.9%. In the accommodation sales increased by 1.6% and in the food and beverage service activities the sales increased by 2.1%;
  • sales in information and communication increased by 7.1%. It was influenced by an increase of sales in information service activities (+28.8%), which include, for example, data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals. A double-digit growth of sales was reported also by programming and broadcasting activities (+11.6%) and publishing activities (+10.6%). Higher sales were also reported by computer programming, consultancy and related activities (+4.4%), telecommunications (+4.1%), and by the so-called music and motion picture activities (+0.4%);
  • sales in real estate activities decreased by 1.3%, y-o-y. Sales in buying and selling of own real estate and renting and operating of own or leased real estate stagnated. Sales in real estate activities on a fee or contract basis decreased (−5.8%);
  • sales in professional, scientific and technical activities2) increased by 0.7%. The following contributed the most to the growth: activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (+4.0%) and legal and accounting activities (+3.1%). Growing sales were reported also by advertising and market research (+1.7%). Industries of this section, in which sales were decreasing are as follows: architectural and engineering activities (−2.0%) and other professional, scientific and technical activities (−1.3%), which include, for example, translation services and photographic services, or activities of quantity surveyors;
  • sales in administrative and support service activities decreased by 2.0%, y-o-y. The most marked drop of sales was in travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities (−7.0%) and employment activities (−5.6%). Lower sales were reported also by security and investigation activities (−1.0%). On the contrary, sales growth was in office administrative, office support and other business support activities (+3.3%), services to buildings and landscape activities (+0.8%), and rental and leasing activities (+0.7%).
     

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Notes:

1) For the purpose of the News Release, services include the following CZ-NACE sections: Transportation and storage (H), Accommodation and food service activities (I), Information and communication (J), Real estate activities (L), Professional, scientific and technical activities – excluding Scientific research and development and Veterinary activities (M excluding 72 and 75), Administrative and support service activities (N).
2) For the purpose of the News Release, section M – Professional, scientific and technical activities does not include CZ-NACE 72 – Scientific research and development and CZ-NACE 75 – Veterinary activities.

All data in the text of the News Release are at constant prices.
Data for the Q2 2019 are preliminary; final data for individual quarters of 2019 will be available in June 2020.

Responsible head at the CZSO: Marie Boušková, Director of the Services Statistics Department, phone number: (+420) 274 052 935, e-mail: marie.bouskova@czso.cz
Contact person: Jana Gotvaldová, Head of the Trade, Transport, and Information Service Activities Statistics Unit, phone number: (+420) 274 052 691, e-mail: jana.gotvaldova@czso.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO (SP 1-12)
End of data collection: 29 July 2019
End of data processing: 1 August 2019
Related outputs: Base indices since 2000 and y-o-y indices since 2001 are available in time series (excluding section J, which is available since 2005 or rather 2006).
(https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/slu_ts)  
Next News Release will be published on: 8 November 2019

 

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  • Annexes:
  • Table 1 Sales in services (year-on-year indices)
  • Table 2 Sales in services (year-on-year changes, decomposition of increase - year-on-year)
  • Table 3 Sales in services (year-on-year indices, adjusted for calendar effects)
  • Chart 1 Sales in services – base indices, constant prices
  • Chart 2 Sales in services – international comparison, seasonally adjusted, current prices
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Published: 08.08.2019
The data are valid as of the release date of the publication.


Contact: Information Services Unit - Headquarters, tel.: +420 274 056 789, email: infoservis@czso.cz