Industry, trade and services statistics consists of short-term business statistics (STS). They give information on a wide range of economic activities in compliance with the international system of statistical classifications.

All data under this heading are index data; percentage changes are also available for each indicator:

-- Infra-annual percentage changes – changes between two consecutive months or quarters – are calculated on the basis of non seasonally adjusted data (prices) or seasonally and calendar adjusted data (value and volume indicators).

-- Year-on-year changes – comparing a period to the same period one year ago – are calculated on the basis of non seasonally adjusted data (prices and employment) or calendar adjusted data (value and volume indicators).

The index data are generally presented in the following forms:

-- Non seasonally adjusted (NSA)

-- Calendar adjusted (CA)

-- Seasonally and calendar adjusted (SCA)

Based on national data, Eurostat compiles EU and euro area infra-annual economic statistics. Depending on the EBS Regulation, data are accessible monthly and/or quarterly.

This heading covers a selection of STS indicators that are part of the Euro indicators. Among these, a list of indicators, called Principal European Economic Indicators (PEEIs) has been identified by key users as being of prime importance for the conduct of monetary and economic policy of the euro area. There are eight PEEIs contributed by STS and they are marked with * in the text below.

The STS indicators are divided into four different sectors:

INDUSTRY

-- Production (volume)*

-- Turnover (value): total, domestic market and non-domestic market

-- Producer (output) prices*: domestic market

-- Import prices*: total, euro area market, non-euro area market (euro area countries only)

-- Labour input indicators: number of persons employed, hours worked, gross wages and salaries

CONSTRUCTION

-- Production (volume)*: total, buildings, civil engineering

-- Building permits indicators*: number of dwellings, square meters of useful floor area

-- Producer (output) prices in construction (if not available, they can be approximated by the Construction cost variable)

-- Labour input indicators: number of persons employed, hours worked, gross wages and salaries

TRADE

-- Volume of sales (deflated turnover)*

-- Turnover (value)

-- Labour input indicators: number of persons employed, hours worked, gross wages and salaries

SERVICES

-- Turnover (value)*

-- Producer (output) prices*

National reference metadata of the reporting countries can be found in the Annexes of the source metadata file.