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Wholesale trade and intermediaries. Employed persons. By branches

Wholesale trade and intermediaries. Employed persons. By sectors 2005
By sex By labour situation
Men Women Salaried Others Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Agricultural matter and live animals 3,983 1,587 4,419 1,151 5,570 36,958 15.1
Food, beverages and tobacco 31,019 16,370 43,523 3,866 47,389 324,065 14.6
Non food consumer products 36,877 27,281 58,106 6,052 64,158 262,250 24.5
Semi-processed non agricultural products 34,131 12,626 43,111 3,646 46,757 237,044 19.7
Machinery and equipment 34,085 13,351 44,591 2,844 47,435 194,776 24.4
Other wholesale 1,159 292 1,060 391 1,451 4,458 32.5
Trade intermediaries 12,949 4,563 7,685 9,827 17,512 76,640 22.8
Total 154,203 76,070 202,495 27,777 230,272 1,136,191 20.3
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Annual survey of services.
Notes:
People employed on September 30.
A partir del 2008 les dades sectorials corresponen a la nova Classificació catalana d'activitats econòmiques CCAE-2009. Això comporta que no puguin ser comparables amb les dels anys anteriors.

Last update: May 31, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Hours worked by employees
Total number of hours actually worked by employees for production during the reference period. It includes the total number of usual hours and overtime.
Employees
Workers linked to the company by means of a work contract who receive remuneration in the form of wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, fixed prices or in kind. It includes both permanent and temporary personnel, either full-time or part-time.

Methodological aspects

The main source of trade statistics is the Structural business statistics in the trade sector, called the Annual Trade Survey prior to the reference year 2014, conducted by the INE in accordance with European Union regulations, whereby the statistics for Catalonia are exploited by Idescat. General information is obtained on the evolution of commerce and three main groups or sections that it is made up of:

  • sale and repair of motor vehicles and motocycles
  • wholesale
  • retail

This breakdown presents the tables showing the main results for macromagnitudes and employed persons. In turn, these large groups are subdivided into branches that cover all specialities of commerce. For this smaller breakdown, tables showing macromagnitudes and employed persons are also presented.

Since 2008, the Annual commerce survey has been adapted to the new National classification of economic activities (CNAE-2009). This change involves a shift in the series that prevents inter-annual comparison between most sectors and some variables.

The correspondences between the sectors used and the Catalan classification of economic activities (CCAE-2009) is as follows:

CCAE-2009Groups of activities
  
45Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
46Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
47Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
49-53Transportation and storage
55,56Accommodation and food service activities
58-63Information and communication
68Real estate activities
69-75Professional, scientific and technical activities
77-82Administrative and support service activities
90-93Arts, entertainment and recreation
95,96Other services

Several methodological improvements were applied to the Structural Business Statistics in 2016. The results for 2016 are therefore not strictly comparable with those for previous years.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.