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EU industrial structure 2011 — Trends and Performance
i22 recent developments in services
industries
The quarterly data presented in section I.1.2 presented
highly aggregated service sectors; the analyses below offer
more detail on developments in various service sectors
for the last months for which data are available. From the
last month for which data are available for all sectors, one
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can see that only four service industries; water transport,
warehousing and support services for transportation,
computer services and R&D and technical activities still
display negative growth. Wholesale trade have recovered
remarkable well and display very high growth rates. Looking
at aggregates, total services display positive growth rates
for the whole period, cf. Table I.4.
TAbLE I.4: EU services production, recent developments. growth in services turnover in constant
prices relative to the same month of the previous year
nacE 2
codes
2010:08 2010:09 2010:10 2010:11 2010:12 2011:01 2011:02 2011:03
g45 Motor vehicles trade 2.1 0.6 0.5 3.9 2.3 4.6 5.2 1.8
g46 Wholesale trade 7.9 7.2 7.3 6.9 5.7 4.8 9.9 7.1
g47 Retail trade 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.8 3.2 4.7 5.1 5.4
i Accommodation & Food 5.0 4.6 3.1 4.3 4.8 4.1 3.5 4.0
h49 Land transport 4.6 3.7 2.9 3.6 3.5 4.1 3.2 2.3
h50 Water transport ‑2.1 2.6 3.5 6.9 0.6 ‑1.3 2.1 ‑1.7
h51 Air transport 13.3 15.8 13.9 15.5 10.1 14.5 8.9 6.5
h52
Warehousing and support
activities for transportation
0.2 0.6 0.3 ‑1.1 ‑1.1 0.4 ‑1.5 ‑1.7
h53 Postal and courier 13.2 10.4 8.3 9.1 7.3 6.7 5.5 4.5
J61 Tele‑ communications 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.9
J62 Computer services ‑0.4 ‑1.7 ‑1.6 ‑1.8 ‑2.2 ‑1.9 ‑2.0 ‑2.3
m72 R&D and technical activities 5.5 4.2 5.2 0.9 1.1 ‑1.9 ‑1.1 ‑1.8
n
Administrative and support
activities
1.3 0.4 0.0 ‑0.4 0.3 3.7 6.4 5.3
g‑n Total services 4.6 4.0 3.6 4.2 3.0 3.9 6.1 4.0
c Manufacturing 9.2 7.2 8.3 8.4 9.2 8.4 9.1 6.2
Source: own calculations using Eurostat data.
box I.1: Data issues in measuring services activities
The closest item in the consumer prices index has been used for each service industry. When such an item is
unavailable, the index for all services has been used to deflate the turnover series, as follows. Retail trade is presented
in constant prices in the original series. For hotels and restaurants, postal activities, and transport services, the
corresponding consumer price indices for these industries have been used. Supporting activities for transportation
are deflated by the price index for all transport services. Information and communication and telecommunications
are deflated by the price index for communications. All other services industries are deflated by the consumer price
index for all services.