Index of service and trade production, October 2024

For the third time in a row service and trade production down monthly and up year-on-year

In October, production at the monthly level slightly increased in trade and decreased in services. It went down the most in information and communication.

30 December 2024 at 10:30
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At the monthly level decline in services and growth in trade

The production went down by 0.4% over the previous month. In trade, it increased by 0.1%, while in service activities it decreased by 1.6%.

Among service activities, production increased the most in accommodation, in food service activities (by 2.4%), followed by administrative and support service activities (by 1.3%). In real estate activities, it remained at the same level, while it went down in information and communication (by 2.7%), in professional, scientific and technical activities (by 1.2%), and in transportation and storage (by 0.2%).

Accommodation and food service activities up the most at the annual level

Compared to last October, service and trade production grew by 1.1%. In trade it went up by 1.8% and in service activities by 0.5%.

It went up in three out of six groups of service activities. Growth was the highest in accommodation and food service activities (by 6.6%), followed by transportation and storage (by 4.0%), and administrative and support service activities (by 3.0%). A decline was recorded in professional, scientific and technical activities (by 4.5%), in real estate activities (by 3.8%), and in information and communication (by 2.5%).

In the first ten months of this year, service and trade production grew by 2.0% over the same period of the previous year: in trade by 2.5% and in service activities by 1.6%. It increased in four out of six groups of service activities, the most in real estate activities (by 5.4%).

The table with the latest data is available in the SiStat Database.

Index of service and trade production, Slovenia

1) In the trend-cycle component the most recent data are unreliable (the end-point problem).

Index of service and trade production, Slovenia

	Oct 2024 Sep 2024	Oct 2024 Oct 2023	Jan–Oct 2024 Jan–Oct 2023
	% change
Total G–N¹⁾	-0.4	1.1	2.0
G Wholesale and retail trade	0.1	1.8	2.5
45 Wholesale, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2.1	8.1	8.4
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	-0.6	0.8	2.1
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	0.2	0.2	0.9
H–N Service activities¹⁾	-1.6	0.5	1.6
H Transportation and storage	-0.2	4.0	-1.2
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines	3.3	7.8	-0.5
50 Water transport	-16.4	7.8	6.9
51 Air transport	1.5	60.8	70.5
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation	-6.4	-0.2	-3.7
53 Postal and courier activities	-1.0	-1.0	-5.9
I Accommodation and food service activities	2.4	6.6	3.4
55 Accommodation	0.2	6.8	2.8
56 Food and beverage service activities	2.0	5.5	3.7
J Information and communication	-2.7	-2.5	5.2
58 Publishing activities	3.5	-0.5	0.9
59 Motion picture, video and TV programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	3.0	-6.7	-11.0
60 Programming and broadcasting activities	-0.2	6.9	-4.9
61 Telecommunications	-1.4	-2.1	1.5
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	-4.5	-2.4	9.1
63 Information service activities	-3.6	-0.5	3.8
L Real estate activities	0.0	-3.8	5.4
M Professional, scientific and technical activities¹⁾	-1.2	-4.5	-0.6
69 Legal and accounting activities	-6.6	11.0	9.0
70.2 Management consultancy activities	5.0	-3.5	5.3
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	-3.5	-10.7	-3.1
73 Advertising and market research	9.6	-3.1	-20.9
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities	12.5 M	-3.1 M	-11.8 M
N Administrative and support service activities	1.3	3.0	3.0
77 Rental and leasing activities	-2.3	19.8	25.0
78 Employment activities	1.9	-7.9	-10.6
79 Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	1.6	-2.6	6.2
80 Security and investigation activities	-1.0	-3.7	0.2
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities	6.0	8.2	4.6
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	0.3	22.7	21.1

M less reliable estimate – use with caution

1) Service activities are covered according to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 acts in the field of business statistics.

METHODOLOGICAL NOTE

Data are seasonally adjusted.

Data for the last 10 months are provisional. With each release, the data for this period can be corrected and supplemented with new data.

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