Services - 3rd quarter of 2013

Sales growth in transport continued

07.11.2013
Code: r-9001-13
 




In the Q3 2013, seasonally adjusted sales in services decreased, quarter-on-quarter, at constant prices by 0.6%. Non-adjusted sales dropped by 0.9%, year-on-year. Working days adjusted sales dropped by 2.6%, y-o-y. Growth was reported only by transport and storage and accommodation and food service activities.

In the Q3 2013, seasonally adjusted sales in services 1 ) decreased at constant prices by 0.6%, quarter-on-quarter. Year-on-year, working days adjusted sales decreased by 2.6% (in the Q3 2013, there were 3 working days more than in the Q3 2012); non-adjusted sales decreased by 0.9%. Sales growth was recorded by transportation and storage and by accommodation and food service activities.

Year-on-year development of seasonally non-adjusted sales in services broken down by CZ-NACE division:

- sales in transportation and storage increased by 3.1%. The growth was contributed to mainly by land transport and transport via pipelines, which is the most important as for its volume (growth by 5.0%) and also by warehousing and support activities for transportation, in which sales have been increasing already for the eighth consecutive quarter (this time by 3.0%). Growth was reported also by water transport (+3.9%). On the contrary, in air transport and postal and courier activities sales decrease continued (-1.2% and -8.4%, respectively);

- sales in accommodation and food service activities increased by 1.9%. In accommodation sales growth continued, this time by 2.7%. For the first time since the Q1 2008 sales for food and beverage service activities also recorded growth (+1.5%);

- sales in information and communication decreased by 0.8%. Telecommunications were the only CZ-NACE division, in which sales grew (+4.8%). On the contrary, a two-digit drop was recorded by publishing activities (-12.3%) and programming and broadcasting activities (-11.7%). Lower sales were reported also by music and motion picture activities (-9.5%) and information service activities (-2.9%), which include e.g. press agencies, web portals, and web hosting. Activities, which are the most important as for their volume, i.e. computer programming, consultancy and related activities decreased by 1.2%;

- sales in real estate activities dropped by 0.5%. Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis dropped by 6.5%, while sales in buying and selling of own real estate and renting and operating of own or leased real estate increased by 1.7%;

- sales in professional, scientific and technical activities 2 ) decreased by 9.2%. The deepest decrease, again, was recorded in advertising and market research (-17.3%), also sales for architectural and engineering activities dropped (-12.4%), as well as for other professional, scientific and technical activities (-12.0%). On the contrary, growth was reported by activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (+6.8);

- sales in administrative and support service activities 3 ) stagnated (growth by 0.1%). Growth was recorded in all divisions except for travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities (drop by 3.3%) and office administrative, office support and other business support activities (-0.1%). Activities of employment placement agencies recorded sales growth by 5.1%, security and investigation activities by 3.0%, rental and leasing activities by 2.0%, and services to buildings and landscape activities by 0.3%.
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1) For the purpose of News Releases, 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 – without Scientific research and development and Veterinary activities (M without 72 and 75), Administrative and support service activities without Landscape service activities (N without 81.3).
2) For the purpose of News Releases section M – Professional, scientific and technical activities does not include CZ-NACE 72 – Scientific research and development and CZ-NACE 75 – Veterinary activities.
3) For the purpose of News Releases section N – Administrative and support service activities does not include CZ-NACE 81.3 – Landscape service activities.


Notes:
Data for the Q3 2013 are preliminary; final data for individual quarters of 2013 will be available in June 2014 at the latest.
Responsible head at the CZSO: Marie Boušková, phone number: (+420) 274052935, e-mail: marie.bouskova@czso.cz
Contact person: Jana Gotvaldová, phone number: (+420) 274052691, e-mail: jana.gotvaldova@czso.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO (“SP 1-12”)
End of data collection: 29 October 2013
End of data processing: 31 October 2013
Related outputs: Basic 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).
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Next News Release will be published on: 7 February 2014



  • aslu110713.doc

  • 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)
  • Graph 1 Sales in services (fixed base indices)
  • Graph 2 Other services turnover (CZ-NACE sections H+I+J+M+N) – international comparison
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Published: 07.11.2013
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