Wholesale trade industry, 2018

Wholesale trade industry, 2018

Report No. 61-01-01 (2018)

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Statistics South Africa

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Wholesale trade industry, 2018 / Statistics South Africa

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Report No. 61-01-01 (2018) 48 pages

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Table of contents

1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Aim and collection unit .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Scope and coverage ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Data items ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Reference period................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.5 Current prices........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.6 Reliability of data................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.7 Confidentiality........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

2. Summary of findings ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

2.1

Income............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Table A ? Income in the wholesale trade industry, 2009?2018........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Table B ? Concentration ratios for total income in the wholesale trade industry, 2009?2018 .......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Table C ? Profit margin in the wholesale trade industry, 2009?2018 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2.2

Employment....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Table D ? Employment in the wholesale trade industry for the last pay period ended on or before 30 June, 2009?2018 ............................................................................................................... 6

Figure 1 ? Income and employment by type of trade (% contribution) in the wholesale trade industry, 2018.................................................................................................................................. 7

Figure 2 ? Income and employment by enterprise size (% contribution) in the wholesale trade industry, 2018 .............................................................................................................................. 8

Table E ? Average salaries and wages in the wholesale trade industry, 2009?2018 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9

2.3

Trade industry value added 1 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Figure 3 ? Trade industry value added, annual percentage change (constant 2010 prices), 2011?2019 ...................................................................................................................................... 10

Figure 4 ? Percentage contribution of the trade industry to total value added (current prices), 2011?2019 .................................................................................................................................. 10

2.4

Capital expenditure on new assets .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Table F ? Capital expenditure on new assets in the wholesale trade industry, 2009?2018 ........................................................................................................................................................... 11

3. Tables ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Table 1 ? Principal statistics in the trade industry, 2015 and 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Table 2 ? Principal statistics in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Table 3 ? Principal statistics by type of wholesaler in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 ............................................................................................................................................. 13 Table 4 ? Profit margin in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018........................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Table 5 ? Income in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Table 6 ? Income in the wholesale trade industry, 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Table 7 ? Income by enterprise size in the wholesale trade industry, 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Table 8 ? Concentration ratios (relative contribution of the largest enterprises) in the wholesale trade industry, 2018 ................................................................................................................. 19 Table 9 ? Expenditure in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018......................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Table 10 ? Expenditure in the wholesale trade industry, 2018....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Table 11 ? Capital expenditure on new assets in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 ................................................................................................................................................... 22

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Table 12 ? Capital expenditure on new assets in the wholesale trade industry, 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Table 13 ? Employment in the wholesale trade industry for the last pay period ended on or before 30 June, 2015 and 2018...................................................................................................... 24 Table 14 ? Details of employment in the wholesale trade industry for the last pay period ended on or before 30 June, 2018 ...................................................................................................... 25 Table 15 ? Employment by enterprise size in the wholesale trade industry for the last pay period ended on or before 30 June, 2018......................................................................................... 26 Table 16 ? Details of income from sales of goods by commodity group in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 ............................................................................................................. 27 Table 17 ? Details of income from sales by commodity type in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 .............................................................................................................................. 28 Table 18 ? Details of purchases by commodity group in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 ........................................................................................................................................ 32 Table 19 ? Details of purchases by commodity in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 .................................................................................................................................................. 33 Table 20 ? Income from sales of goods and services by client base in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 .................................................................................................................. 34 Table 21 ? Income from sales of goods and services by client base in the wholesale trade industry, 2018 .................................................................................................................................. 34 Table 22 ? Income from sales of goods and service by method of payment in the wholesale trade industry, 2015 and 2018 ...................................................................................................... 35 Table 23 ? Income from sales of goods and services by method of payment in the wholesale trade industry, 2018 .................................................................................................................... 36 Table 24 ? Information and communication technology (ICT) usage by type of wholesale trade in the wholesale trade industry, 2018 ....................................................................................... 37 Table 25 ? Information and communication technology (ICT) usage by enterprise size in the wholesale trade industry, 2018..................................................................................................... 38

Explanatory notes .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39

Table 26 ? Size groups for the wholesale trade industry, 2018 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Table 27 ? Income in the wholesale trade industry within 95% confidence limits, 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................ 40

Glossary ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 42

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1. Introduction

1.1

Aim and collection unit

This publication presents estimates in respect of the wholesale trade industry, 2018. The survey aims to provide financial, production, employment and related information for the wholesale trade industry in South Africa.

The last survey was conducted in 2015 (Report No. 61-01-01 (2015)).

The statistical unit for the collection of information is an enterprise. An enterprise is a legal unit (or a combination of legal units) that includes and directly controls all functions necessary to carry out its activities. Each enterprise is classified to an industry that reflects its predominant activity.

1.2

Scope and coverage

The 2018 wholesale trade industry survey covers enterprises registered for value added tax (VAT) that are mainly engaged in the following activities classified according to the January 1993 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (SIC), Fifth edition, Report No. 09-09-02:

o Wholesale trade on a fee or contract basis (SIC 6110). o Agricultural raw materials and livestock (SIC 6121). o Food, beverages and tobacco (SIC 6122). o Textiles, clothing and footwear (SIC 6131). o Other household goods (SIC 6139). o Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (SIC 6141). o Metals and metal ores (SIC 6142). o Construction materials, hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (SIC 6143). o Other intermediate products, waste and scrap (SIC 6149). o Machinery, equipment and supplies (SIC 6150). o General and other wholesale trade (SIC 6190).

1.3

Data items

The following categories of data items were collected: industrial classification, employment, trading income, expenditure, profit or loss, inventories, capital expenditure on new assets, sales, services, purchases, client base, salaries and wages, and information and communication technology usage.

N.B.: The 2015 figures are revised, while the 2018 figures are preliminary.

1.4

Reference period

The questionnaires were completed for the financial year ended on any date between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018, according to the usual reporting schedule of the enterprise, with the following exception:

Employment as on 30 June 2018.

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