Eustat
Retail trade index
Identification
- Name of the operation.
- Retail trade index (ICIm)
- Operation Code.
- 142530 (Basque Statistics Plan)
- Responsible body.
- EUSTAT
- Periodicity.
- Quarterly
- Type of operation.
- Sampling Survey
- Methodology according to the origin of the data.
- Gathering of raw data for sampling
Objectives
This operation is aimed at obtaining, a current indicator on the development of trade and personnel employed in the Trade sector of the A.C. of Basque Country. It may be used indirectly as an indicator of Private Consumption.
Coverage
- Population:
- The population scope of the Retail Trade Index is formed by commercial establishments whose main activity is classified in section 47 of the National Classification of Economic Activities (C.N.A.E. 2009)
- Geographic scope:
- The Retail Trade Index is calculated by Autonomous Community and by Provinces.
- Timeframe:
- The Contextual Retail Trade Index is produced quarterly, based on the amounts of total sales and personnel employed in each quarter in the commercial establishments which make up the sample for the index.
The base period or reference for the index is 2005.
Concepts and Definitions
Questionnaires
Sample Design
The selection of the sample of the Domestic Trade Index does not respond to a random process, but to a selection of sub-populations in each of the following aggregative levels: Companies, CNAE Subgroups, and Sector C of the Sectorial Classification of Trade used by EUSTAT. The distinct CNEA 46 and 47 subgroups, for the trade sector, come under these sectors. Selected entities must be representative of the three provinces that make up the Basque Country. The selection criteria in each of the aforementioned levels consist of guaranteeing a determined response rate in each of the levels in Sector C (over 75%).
The Base 2005 sampling panel for the Retail Trade Index is not closed in the sense that it can vary from one period to another and allows the incorporation of new commercial establishments. The current sample panel for the index is made up of 426 commercial businesses.
Dissemination
Print publication:
- EUSTAT Statistics Yearbook (annual)
Other forms of dissemination (quarterly)
- Internet: www.eustat.es
- Press Releases
- Statistics Tables
- Data Bases
