Domestic trade statistics
The domestic trade statistics are the official statistics that deal with the trade of goods by trading companies and trade intermediaries within a state.
In the domestic trade statistics, a distinction is made between wholesale , trade brokerage, motor vehicle trade and repairs, and retail trade . Wholesaling comprises the trading of goods from wholesalers to retailers. This also includes trade with foreign trading companies, i.e. export . Retailing mainly includes the sale of goods to private individuals.
The domestic trade statistics consist of the monthly business survey , which measures the development of turnover and the number of employees with the help of monthly, quarterly / semi-annual and annual indicators and rates of change. In particular, the monthly survey in retail is considered to be the indicator for private consumption in Germany. The annual survey provides structural information on domestic trade, such as turnover levels, costs and business figures. The statistical results usually appear in the period July / August of each year.
Web links
- Federal Statistical Office - data on domestic trade: [1] ; Quality reports (description of the surveys): [2] ; Articles on the subject of "domestic trade" from the monthly magazine "Wirtschaft und Statistik": [3]
Statistical results
- Link to the economic indicators
- Link to the database "Genesis" with the data of the monthly domestic trade statistics
Legal basis of domestic trade statistics
- Trade Statistics Act as the German legal basis for domestic trade statistics
- German version of the regulation on short-term business statistics (European legal basis for short-term business statistics in domestic trade)
- German version of the regulation on structural business statistics (European legal basis for structural statistics in internal trade)
Economic branches of statistics in domestic trade