Annual Survey of Trade 2007
Annual Survey of Trade 2007
This publication gathers a group of socio-economic information which allows the estimation of basic structural characteristics of the wholesale and retail trade sector as well as the monitoring of its evolution throughout the years.
It presents, for the country as a whole, data on revenues, expenses, employed persons, salaries, withdrawals and other compensation, purchases, stocks and trade margin, among other aspects, especially for companies with at least 20 employed persons, besides regional data about the distribution and configuration of this economic sector. Results are released together with commentaries which focus on the structure of this sector in 2007, covering the fields of trade of vehicles, pieces and motorcycles, wholesale trade and retail trade. The publication also brings a structural analysis of big employment and wages in companies, in 2003 and 2007, highlighting the main changes observed in this segment, in Brazil, its Major Regions and Federative Units.
The publication includes technical notes about methodological aspects of the survey. The CD-ROM which comes enclosed with the publication presents, besides information included in the printed volume, updated data for 2006.
These results are also available on the IBGE website.
This survey presents the most complete source of statistics on the production structure of the trade sector in Brazil, and provides the elements needed for the planning and the decision-making process in governmental and private institutions, and to users in general, it provides material for more specific studies.
Other data on trade may be found in the publications Estatísticas do Cadastro Central de Empresas(Statistics of the Central Register of Enterprises), which is released every year, and in Indicadores IBGE IBGE (IBGE Indicators), which presents monthly data.