Documentation of statistics: Retail Trade, by Goods (Discontinued)
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Retail Trade, by Goods 2012
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, The purpose of the analysis is to shed light on the turnover structures of retail trade. Surveys have been conducted for 1998, 2002 and 2007, and the results from which have been published in Statistical News, in the series Service Industry, 1999:24, 2003:65 and 2008:25, respectively., Statistical presentation, The statistics provide data on the structure of retail trade turnover, industry turnover breakdown by product groups as well as product group retail sales by industries., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, Data are collected by web from 2,000 enterprises from Retail Trade. In the questionnaire the enterprises are asked to breakdown their turnover by a number of products, services and client categories.
The reported data are checked by comparing the distribution of turnover among enterprises that are similar. Survey data is grossed up in part by including information from administrative sources on the VAT turnover in the reference year for the entire population., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The results are of interest to those monitoring the current business trends as well as the structural developments within retail trade. The statistics is in demand from trade and industry associations, bank and finance sector, politicians, public and private institutions, researchers, enterprises, news media and Eurostat. It is also of great interest to many enterprises within retail trade, as the results may allow them to compare their own business to their sector of trade or the retail trade more broadly., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The survey is based on a sample and thus some uncertainty is attached to the results. For the whole retail trade sector, however, the uncertainty is considered to be small, since the coverage is extensive and the response rate high. For a few sectors with a relatively higher share of small enterprises, the limit of DKK 2.5 mil. may imply a higher uncertainty due to lower coverage., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The statistics is published once every fem years and approximately 11 months after the reference year. The statistics is published usually without delay regarding to the announced date. To EU the data must be delivered within 18 months after the reference year., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, It can be problems in comparing figures over time. This is because the data are only collected every five years. The survey has been carried out for the reference periods 1998, 2002, 2007 and 2012. Since the 1998 survey, changes have been made in both calculation method and industry and product group nomenclatures. , Comparisons across reference years should be done with caution and taking into that statistical nomenclatures and methods have changed., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published in a Danish press release and in the , StatBank, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity
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