Financial statistics of trade enterprises (monthly)
Turnover of motor vehicles sale and repair enterprises and retail trade enterprises by economic activity. Wholesale trade enterprises turnover value index with 2015 as reference base year by economic activity, turnover value index change by economic activity compared to the previous period and the corresponding period of the previous year. | |
Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2 Groups of economic activities used in data publication: G45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles G451+G453+G454 Sale of motor vehicles; sale and repair of motorcycles G452 Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles G46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles G461 Wholesale on a fee or contract basis G462 Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals G463 Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco G464 Wholesale of household goods G465 Wholesale of information and communication equipment G466 Wholesale of other machinery, equipment and supplies G467 Other specialised wholesale G469 Non-specialised wholesale trade G47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles G4711 Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating G4719 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores G472 Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores G473 Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores G4743+G4752+G4754+G4759+G4763 Retail sale of audio and video equipment; hardware, paints and glass; electrical household appliances, etc. in specialised stores G4751+G4771+G4772 Retail sale of textiles, clothing, footware and leather goods in specialised stores G4773+G4774+G4775 Dispensing chemist; retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores G4741+G4742+G4753+G4761+G4762+G4764+G4765+G4776+G4777+G4778 Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software; telecommunications equipment, etc. in specialised stores G4791 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet G4779+G4781+G4782+G4789+G4799 Retail sale of second-hand goods in stores, retail sale via stalls and markets, other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets | |
Trade enterprises, NACE G45, G46 and G47 | |
Motor vehicles sale and repair enterprise – enterprise which have the wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles as the main activity (activity G45 in the Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK)). Wholesale trade enterprise – enterprise which main activity is resale of goods (excl. motor vehicles and motorcycles) for other enterpreneurs (activity G46 in the Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK)). Retail trade enterprise – enterprise which first and foremost have the sale of goods (excl. motor vehicles and motorcycles) for mainly household use as the main activity (activity G47 in the Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK)). Turnover (formerly net sales) – income received or to be received from the sale of all goods and services produced as the main or secondary activity and goods purchased for the purpose of resale, not including VAT and excises. The moment of the transfer of ownership is considered the moment of sale. The cost of packaging as well as the service fees of commission and agency contracts (commission fee) are included in turnover. Turnover does not include income from the sale of fixed assets; other business income (income from the liquidation of one’s fixed assets, income from fines and interest on arrears, income from buyers’ and suppliers’ exchange rate changes and arrears on expired credit, turnover of previous years identified during the accounting period, received donations, etc.); financial or special income; subsidies from state or local budget or European Union institutions (targeted financing of operating costs); value added tax in the case of VAT payers; excises in the case of manufacturing enterprises and excise warehouse keepers; claims collected on behalf of others (commission and agency contracts). Value index – an index that expresses the change in the sales of goods in current prices compared to the sales of previous periods. The price index is not used when calculating the value index. Current price – the prices of goods and services in the reference period. | |
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Enterprises whose main activity is the wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, wholesale trade or retail trade. FRAME List of active enterprises whose main activity is the wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, wholesale trade or retail trade. The list is generated from the Business Register for Statistical Purposes. | |
Estonia as a whole | |
In case of motor vehicles sale and repair enterprises and retail trade enterprises (NACE G45 and G47) since 2001 – ... In case of wholesale trade enterprises (NACE G46) since 2021 – ... | |
Turnover – not applicable Turnover value index – year 2015 |
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The news release “Retail trade” once a month. The news release can be viewed on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Uudiskiri (in Estonian). | |
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Data are published in the statistical database under the subject area “Economy / Internal trade / Trade volume indices” in the following table: KM020: Turnover and volume index of motor vehicles sale and repair enterprises and retail trade enterprises by economic activity (monthly) KM024: Wholesale trade enterprises turnover value- and volume index by economic activity (monthly) | |
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Motor vehicles sale and repair enterprises and retail trade enterprises (NACE G45 and G47) data are comparable over time since 2001. Wholesale trade enterprises (NACE G46) data are comparable over time since 2021. In 2016, the sample survey was replaced with a census and the statistical questionnaire of enterprises was replaced with data from the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. | |
Monthly turnover of trade enterprises is coherent with the same quarterly and annual indicators. | |
Not applicable. The statistical activity is based on turnover in the value added tax return declaration (form KMD) of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. |
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SURVEY DATA Since 2016, the survey based data are not used. Until 2015, the data were collected as follows: In the years 2001–2011, the data were collected by questionnaire “Turnover” from all enterprises with 20 and more persons employed; from enterprises with 1–19 persons employed the data were collected by sample survey, using the stratified simple random sample. The population was stratified by economic activity and by number of persons employed. In the years 2012–2015, the data were collected by questionnaire “Turnover” from all enterprises with 20 and more persons employed; from enterprises with 2–19 persons employed the data were collected by sample survey, using the stratified simple random sample. In the case of enterprises with 1 person employed, the Tax and Customs Board VAT declaration (form KMD) data were used. The population was stratified by economic activity and by number of persons employed. ADMINISTRATIVE DATA Since 2016, the data of value added tax returns (form KMD) from the Estonian Tax and Customs Board are used. Turnover is calculated using the indicators of value added tax returns. DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Not used | |
Monthly | |
The data are received from the Estonian Tax and Customs Board via the data exchange layer X-Road. | |
Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with the data of previous periods and other surveys. | |
Microdata are aggregated to the level necessary for analysis. This includes summation of data according to the classification and calculating various statistical measures. The collected data are converted into statistical output. | |
Time series are seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle is estimated. |
In 2016, Statistics Estonia stopped data collection with the questionnaire “Turnover” and started using only the monthly data from the value added tax returns of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. This reduced the response burden of entrepreneurs and Statistics Estonia´s expenditure on data collection and increased the use of administrative data. It unfortunately meant that the indicator ‟Retail sales” is no longer available on a monthly basis, but the indicator will continue to be published on a quarterly and annual basis. Due to the change in the data source, the monthly news release “Retail trade” will focus on the turnover of retail trade enterprises, instead of the retail sales of such enterprises. |