Distributive trade statistics in Egypt The Methodology of

Distributive trade statistics in Egypt

• The Methodology of statistic Distribution trade statistics is considered one of the most important sectors that contribute to the Gross Domestic Product ( G D P) and employment in manpower.

• The important of this statistic arises from the detailed data that it provides such as : * number of establishments , number of enterprises , and their branches *number of employees and their compensations *Total revenue and expenses. *material inputs. These data provide economic indicators and help in preparing the National Accounts of the country.

Distributive trade statistics in Egypt cover wholesale & retail statistics in both public & private sector as following. 1 - wholesale and retail statistics in public sector ( annual full coverage ). 2 - wholesale and retail statistics in the organized private sector which includes contributor companies , stocks partnership , foreign companies branches. . et.

Distributive trade statistics in Egypt cover wholesale & retail statistics in both public & private sector as following. 4 - Annual retail trade statistics ( five employees and up ) unorganized private sector. 5 - retail trade ( less than 5 employees ) unorganized private sector each 5 years through economic census. 6 - informal sector is not covered at all.

frame construction and data collection : 1 - the main source of the distributive trade frame is the establishment census each 10 years. This frame is being classified by activity , number of employees , sector and legal entity. so it is being used as a frame for each activity 2 - this frame is being updated through data collecting process during the field work as the data are being collected personally by the employees of CAPMAS regional offices in all the Egyptian governorates.

data items : Beginning 2007/ 2008 CAPMAS is going to use an unified simplified questionnaire for all kinds of distributive trade statistics. Data items included 1 - Identifying data of the establishment (name-addressactivity…. etc) 2 - number of employment by : sex education – job 3 -wages ( different kinds of receipts ) 4 -purchases & sales 5 -expences 6 -revenues 7 - fixed assets & real estates movements ( purchased – sold. . etc )

classifications : ISIC revision 4 is going to be used beginning 2007/2008 statistics. statistical year : fiscal year for public sector & calendar year for private sector note : unformal sector and out doors sector are not covered at all as no information are available. no seasonal adjustment is applied Training on that subject is needed not only for distributive trade statistics but also for many other statistics.

statistical units : statistical unit in distributive trade statistics is the establishment. in case of a company that having different units in different geographic locations , each unit is being collected separately as possible. it must be an observative identifiable unit. - sampling technique is not used in distributive trade statistics. - sometimes when a company with different branches in different governorate but doesn't have separate book keeping process , the statisticians of head quarter make estimates according to on available indicator to divide the units geographer call or by activity.

Remarks On The Recommendations : - CAPMAS has already updated the frame of distributive trade statistics through the last establishment census 2006 , it is noticed that the number of establishment in both wholesale & retail trade is largely increased. so the sampling technique will be a must. - Also there is a recent discussion concerning the covering of informal sector. may be CAPMAS will need technique assistance about know how of that subject. - ALL the recommendation will be in consideration as possible. what will be suitable and feasible will be applied.

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