Shortterm Statistics STS of Service Activities in SORS

1
Short-term Statistics (STS) of Service Activities
in SORS

• Iris Roker
• SORS, Service Statistics Department

2
Two main viewpoints of the presentation

• Results of STS-surveys as a basis for the
  calculation of the EU aggregate
• Review of results of STS-surveys on service
  activities in Slovenia

3
1 Results of STS-surveys as a basis for the EU
aggregate

• 1.1 Joining the European processes
• 1.2 Scope of STS-statistics on service
  activities
• 1.3 Inquiries within STS-statistics on service
  activities
• 1.4 Significance of the length of the data
  series and base year.

4
1.1 Joining the European processes

• Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 with the
  Amendment to the CR provides guidelines for
  conducting of STS-statistics, for example
• Methodology,
• Data processing,
• Timeliness and other components
• of the EU countries STS-statistics results.

5
1.2 Scope of STS-statistics on service
activities

• Widely, STS-statistics on service activities in
  SORS includes
• Retail trade and motor trade statistics
• Hotels and restaurants statistics
• Other service statistics.

6
1.3 Inquiries within STS-statistics on service
activities

• Monthly statistics on turnover and persons
  working in the enterprises comprises three
  surveys, regarding the main activity of the
  enterprise
• TRG/M - retail trade and motor trade activities
• GO/M - hotels and restaurants activities
• STOR/M - supporting and auxiliary transport
  activities, travel agencies, post and
  telecommunications, computer and related activ.,
  enterprise activities, other service activities.

7
1.4 Significance of the length of the data
series and base year

• Significance of the length of the data series
  regarding the further processing of the results,
  e.g. working-day adjustment and seasonal
  adjustment (at least 3-5 years)
• Significance of the determination of the base
  year - in order to be able to calculate the EU
  aggregate.

8
2. Review of turnover fluctuations in STS
service activities

• The fluctuation of turnover (excl. VAT) in the
  following activities
• 2.1 Retail trade
• 2.2 Motor trade
• 2.3 Hotels and restaurants
• 2.4 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities
  and travel agencies
• 2.5 Post and telecommunications
• 2.6 Computer and related activities
• 2.7 Enterprise activities
• 2.8 Other service activities.

9
2.1 Volume of turnover in retail trade
10
2.2 Volume of turnover in motor trade
11
2.3 Volume of turnover in hotels and restaurants
12
2.4 Supporting and auxiliary transport
activities and activities of travel agencies
13
2.5 Post and telecommunications
14
2.6 Computer and related activities
15
2.7 Enterprise activities
16
2.8 Other service activities
17
Further implementation of STS-statistics on
service activities includes

• Harmonization with the regulation, regarding the
  newly included activities (e.g. land transport,
  transport via pipelines, water transport, air
  transport)
• Working-day adjustment and seasonal adjustment of
  some at present too short data series
• Collecting of information on deflators for some
  service activities
• Quality assessment and increasing of quality of
  the data
• Shortening of time for the data publishing and
  automation of the data dissemination process.