Distributive trade statistics

(b) Distributive trade statistics

(b) Distributive trade statistics

Items for discussion and decision distributive trade statistics

C. Conclusions of the Expert Group on Distributive Trade Statistics

Distribution services are dominated by wholesale and retail services.

Only 73 countries confirmed that they compiled some distributive trade statistics.

In 2005, the Statistics Division established the Expert Group on Distributive Trade Statistics in order to obtain assistance and guidance during the revision of existing United Nations recommendations on distributive trade statistics.

Since that session, the Commission has not had distributive trade statistics on its agenda.

It was agreed that the scope of distributive trade statistics should include wholesale trade, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

However, in many national statistical offices, distributive trade statistics are not sufficiently developed.

Strategy of the Statistics Division for updating international recommendations on distributive trade statistics and the status of its implementation

Following the GATS services sectoral classification, distribution services include commission agents' services, wholesale trade services, retailing services, and franchising.

In 2004, the Statistics Division developed a multi year strategy for updating international recommendations on distributive trade statistics.

The newly established United Nations Expert Group on Distributive Trade Statistics held its first meeting in August 2005.

Distribution services are driven by innovation, with such segments as retailing becoming the most attractive destinations for investment.

(d) To support the work of the Statistics Division in building a worldwide database to store and disseminate distributive trade statistics in order to assist countries in making the most effective use of the compiled data, including measuring the structure and dynamic of their distributive trade on an internationally comparable basis.

Distributive trade is an important activity that provides employment to a significant segment of the population and contributes greatly to gross domestic product.

In general, the survey confirmed that distributive trade statistics definitely need revisiting and careful re examination.

Moreover, a pilot version of the United Nations distributive trade statistics database for storage, processing and dissemination of distributive trade statistics will be developed and its outline will be presented to the Expert Group.

The behaviour of distribution services reflects the evolution of GDP however, different behaviour was observed in the case of wholesale and franchising.

Business can encounter significant barriers when striving to invest in foreign distribution (retail or wholesale) markets.

Distribution services in Colombia contribute 4.5 per cent of GDP, of which retailing accounts for 1.5 per cent.

The Group was established to assist the Statistics Division in the revision of the 1975 publication International Recommendations on Statistics of the Distributive Trades and Services6 (more information can be found at http unstats.un.org unsd newsletter unsd_workshops distributive_trade.htm).

The Statistical Commission, recognizing the economic importance of distributive trade, acknowledging that the availability and quality of national data on distributive trade needs improvement and expressing concern regarding the international comparability of such data, may wish

The experts agreed, in particular, that a list of such indicators, useful to the distributive trade industry and for analytical purposes, should be developed and recommended for national and international reporting.

At the present time, 90 per cent of tourism business worldwide consists of online transactions supported by the interface of the Internet and GDS.

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In this context, further improvement in the compilation, analysis and dissemination of internationally comparable distributive trade statistics is recognized by the Statistics Division as one of its immediate priority activities.

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In the second half of 2007, the Division will begin technical assistance activities for developing countries to help build their capability to compile and disseminate distributive trade statistics.

This difference is a result of the monopolistic structure of the wholesale segment of distribution that allows for speculative behaviour and in the case of franchising difference is due to changes in consumers' preferences and tastes.

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