Trade

This page outlines what trade data Codera makes available through EconData. This “Trade” Category falls under our EconData StatsSA Category Scheme. In these dataflow docs, we outline the dimensions in the series keys we use, and detail the codes used in those concepts.

Motor Trade

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ID: MOTOR_TRADE

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Concept(Constant) Value
SourceSTATSSA
Source DatasetP6343.2
Unit multiplierMillions
Price conceptReal
Unit of measureRand
FrequencyMonthly

Minimum Period: 1998-01-01 (beginning with “Total” MTS003).

Series Name

  • Income from the sales of accessories MTS001
  • Income from convenient store sales MTS002
  • Total MTS003
  • Income from fuel sales MTS004
  • New vehicle sales MTS005
  • Used vehicle sales MTS006
  • Workshop income MTS007

Seasonal Adjustment

  • Neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted N
  • Seasonally adjusted, not calendar adjusted S

Retail Trade

This statistical release contains information regarding actual values of retail trade sales (including Value Added Tax (VAT)) according to type of business. Please click on this paragraph for more detail.

ID: RETAIL

Publication code: P6242.1

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Dimensions

  1. Series Name (a.k.a. Mnemonic; this is a string which is encoded)
    read_registry("codelist", id="CL_RETAIL")
    • General dealers RET001
    • Retailers of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores RET002
    • Retailers in pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries RET003
    • Retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods RET004
    • Retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment RET005
    • Retailers in hardware, paint and glass RET006
    • All other retailers RET007
    • Total RET008
  2. Measure (Values S)
    We are currently investigating the quality of our metadata, where Volumes I may have come from older vintages.
  3. Seasonal Adjustment
    • Neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data N
    • Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted S

Attributes

Dataset-level attributes include

AttributeValue
Dataset NameRetail Trade
Publication Source CodeP6242.1
FrequencyMonthly

And series-level attributes for this dataflow are

  • Unit Multiplier (millions)
  • Unit of Measure (Rand)
  • Source ID: original series code used by the supplier
  • Label (mnemonic useful for analysis)
  • Base Period

Wholesale Trade

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ID: WHOLESALE

Publication code: P6141.2

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