Services - 3 quarter 2014
Sales growth in transportation, decrease of professional and technical activities
In the Q3 2014, seasonally adjusted sales in services decreased, quarter-on-quarter, at constant prices by 0.1%. Working days adjusted sales increased by 0.3%, year-on-year, non-adjusted by 0.9%. Growth of sales in transportation and storage had the biggest influence on the overall development.
In the Q3 2014, seasonally adjusted sales in services 1 ) decreased at constant prices by 0.1%, quarter-on-quarter. Year-on-year, working days adjusted sales increased by 0.3% (in the Q3 2014 there was one working day more than in the Q3 2013); non-adjusted by 0.9%. Growth was recorded in transportation and storage, information and communication, and administrative and support 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 2.3%. The growth was reported by warehousing and support activities for transportation (+4.0%), water transport (+2.2%), and land transport and transport via pipelines (+1.5%). After having been decreasing for three quarters, sales increased in air transport (+1.2%). Long-term decrease of postal and courier activities decelerated (drop by 0.1%);
- sales in accommodation and food service activities decreased by 0.4%. The decrease was influenced by development of sales in food and beverage service activities (drop by 2.7%), while in accommodation sales growth continued, this time by 4.1%;
- sales in information and communication increased by 2.2%. Growth was reported by programming and broadcasting activities (+16.3%), publishing activities (+9.7%), and information service activities (+6.3%), which include, for example, press agencies, web portals, and webhosting. Sales increase was recorded also by computer programming, consultancy and related activities (+1.8%), which include, for example, administration of computer equipment, programming or consultancy in the area of IT. On the contrary, telecommunications dropped (-0.5%) as well as music and motion picture activities (-0.7%);
- sales in real estate activities dropped by 1.5%. Sales in buying and selling of own real estate and renting and operating of own or leased real estate decreased by 0.9%, real estate activities on a fee or contract basis dropped by 3.2%;
- sales decrease in professional, scientific and technical activities 2 ) that started in the Q2 2012 continued (-1.7%). Sales for architectural and engineering activities decreased the most (-5.1%), sales for other professional, scientific and technical activities dropped by 2.9% as well as for legal and accounting activities (-2.3%), and for activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (-1.2%). Only advertising and market research reported growth for already two successive quarters (this time +5.5%);
- sales in administrative and support service activities 3 ) increased by 1.5%. A decrease was recorded only by travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities (-7.8%). The highest sales growth occurred at employment activities (+9.0%) and rental and leasing activities (+7.8%). Sales increased also in office administrative, office support and other business support activities (+4.6%), services to buildings and landscape activities (+3.4%), and security and investigation activities (+2.3%).
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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 2014 are preliminary; final data for individual quarters of 2014 will be available in June 2015 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 2014
End of data processing: 31 October 2014
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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Published: 07.11.2014
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