Turnover in services

The Services turnover index measures the quarterly change recorded in sales at current prices by enterprises belonging to the domain of services. Starting from the first quarter of 2013 the indices are calculated with reference to the base year 2010 using the ATECO 2007 Classification of Economic Activity (Italian edition of NACE Rev. 2).

In the second quarter of 2017 the Services turnover index increased by 2.7% compared to the second quarter of 2016. In particular, the index increased by 6.1% for Accommodation and food service activities, by 4.4% for Transport, Warehousing and support activities, by 3.5% for Administrative and support service activities, by 2.6% for Wholesale trade, trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles and by 0.2% for Information and communication. The Services turnover index decreased by 0.9% for Professional, scientific and technical activities.

In the second quarter of 2017 the seasonally adjusted
Services turnover index increased by 0.7% compared to the previous quarter. In particular, the index increased in Accommodation and food service activities (+2.5%), in Administrative and support service activities (+1.0%), in Wholesale trade, trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (+0.8%), in Transport, Warehousing and support activities (+0.7) and in Information and communication (+0.1%). The index decreased in Professional, scientific and technical activities (-0.3%).