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ISSN 1830-9720 KS-ET-10-001-EN-C figuresKey on European business Pocketbooks Key figures on European business with a special feature on the recession This publication summarises the main features of Key figures on European business European business and its different activities in a concise and simple manner. It consists of three main parts. The first chapter presents a special feature with a special feature on the recession on the global financial and economic crisis, looking at how the recession affected the EU’s business economy. The second presents an overview of the with a special feature on the recession EU’s business economy based on structural business statistics (SBS). It provides details concerning the relative importance of the business economy and results from a number of SBS development projects, for example, statistics relating to business demography, or the role of foreign-controlled enterprises within the EU’s business economy, before detailing patterns of specialisation and concentration. The third chapter presents a sectoral analysis looking in more detail at specific sectors within the EU’s business economy on the basis of a comprehensive set of key variables, describing monetary and employment characteristics, as well as a set of derived indicators, for example, productivity and profitability measures, also at a more detailed activity level, as well as by Member States. This publication presents only a small selection of the SBS data available. Readers who are interested in knowing more about SBS, who would like to download the latest publications free-of-charge, or who would like to access the most recent data, are encouraged to consult the structural business statistics dedicated section. Data codes presented as part of the source under each table/figure can be used within the search facility provided at the top of the data navigation tree on Eurostat’s website to gain access to the freshest statistics available. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ europeanbusiness 2010 edition 2010 2010 edition How to obtain Eu publications Free publications: • via EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu); • at the European Commission’s representations or delegations. You can obtain their contact details on the Internet (http://ec.europa.eu) or by sending a fax to +352 2929-42758. Priced publications: • via EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu). 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No KS-ET-10-001-EN-C Theme: Industry, trade and services Collection: Pocketbooks © European Union, 2010 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. © Cover photo: Phovoir Printed in Belgium PRINTED ON ELEMENTAL CHLORINE -FREE BLEACHED P A P ER (ECF ) PRINTED ON TOTALLY CHLORINE -FREE BLEACHED P A P ER (TCF ) PRINTED ON RECYCLED P A P ER PRINTED ON P ROCESS CHLORINE -FREE RECYCLED P A P ER (P CF ) Key fi gures on European business Th is publication has been prepared by Eurostat Unit G2 responsible for structural business statistics. Th e opinions expressed are those of the individual authors alone and do not necessarily refl ect the position of the European Com- mission. Th e authors would like to thank all those involved in its preparation, in particular the support from: Christine Gerstberger (Unit C2: National accounts - production), Brian Williams (Unit G2: Structural business statistics), Digna Amil, Sarmite Visocka and Anastassios Giannoplidis (Unit G3: Short-term statistics), Gilberto Gambini (Unit G5: International trade - production). Editor and project co-ordinator: Aleksandra Stawińska Eurostat, Statistical offi ce of the European Union Unit G2 – structural business statistics Bâtiment Joseph Bech 5, rue Alphonse Weicker 2721, Luxembourg Production: Data processing, analysis, design and desktop publishing: INFORMA sàrl ([email protected]) Giovanni Albertone, Simon Allen, Andrew Redpath For more information: Th e structural business statistics (SBS) dedicated section provides access to a selection of publications, data and background information describing European business, compiled by Eurostat’s structural business statistics unit. In particular, the dedicated section provides information on development projects under a heading ‘special top- ics’. Th is dedicated section is located directly under the theme ‘Industry, trade and services’ on the ‘Statistics’ tab of the Eurostat website or from the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/europeanbusiness Data extracted: March 2010 Contents Introduction 4 1. Special feature on the recession 7 Economy: output and expenditure 8 Business economy: output 10 Business economy: employment 12 External trade 14 Business and consumer confi dence 16 Industrial developments 18 Construction developments 22 Services developments 24 2. Structural overview of the business economy 29 Structure of the EU economy – macro-economic 30 Size and structure of the non-fi nancial business economy 32 Business demography 42 Foreign affi liates trade statistics (FATS) 44 National specialisation and concentration 46 Regional specialisation and concentration 50 Size class analysis 56 Production data 60 External trade 62 2 Key figures on European business Contents 3. Sectoral analysis 67 Mining and quarrying 68 Manufacturing 70 Electricity, gas and water supply 80 Construction 82 Distributive trades 84 Hotels and restaurants 90 Transport, storage and communication 92 Financial intermediation 98 Real estate, renting and business services 102 Methodological notes 109 Dedicated section and access to data 110 Data sources 110 Key SBS defi nitions 111 EU-27 data 111 Statistical units; NACE Rev. 1.1 and Rev. 2 112 Signs and abbreviations 113 Key figures on European business 3 Introduction Introduction Th is publication aims to illustrate the wide range of business sta- tistics available from Eurostat, in particular structural business statistics (SBS). Th e statistics presented cover SBS that are pub- lished on a regular, annual basis (where breakdowns are available by region and by enterprise size class), as well as more specifi c information from a range of development projects. SBS describe the structure, conduct and performance of busi- nesses within their economic activities, down to a very detailed activity level (several hundred sectors). In this publication, due to space limitations, data are presented for a set of around 40 activi- ties, generally NACE divisions. Th e publication summarises the main features of the European business economy and its diff erent activities in a concise and sim- ple manner. It consists of three main chapters: - a feature on the global fi nancial and economic crisis; - an overview of the EU’s business economy, and; - a more detailed sectoral analysis. Th e fi rst chapter presents a special feature on the global fi nancial and economic crisis, looking at how the recession aff ected the EU’s business economy. Th e information presented is largely based upon short-term (business) statistics, which are used to detail re- cent developments for a range of economic indicators through to the end of 2009, by when GDP had returned to an upward path aft er a sustained period of contraction. Th e second chapter presents an overview of the EU’s business economy based on structural business statistics (SBS). It provides details concerning the relative importance of the business economy within the whole economy: note that agriculture, forestry and fi sheries, as well as public services – covering areas such as defence, education, health and social security – are not covered by SBS. Having delineated the boundaries of the business economy and an introduction to its structure, it then provides results from a number of SBS development projects, for example, statistics relating to business demography, or the role of foreign-controlled enterprises within the EU’s business economy, before detailing patterns of specialisation and concentration. Th e former measures the share (in employment or value added) of a particular sector in the whole business economy within a country or a region – for 4 Key figures on European business Introduction example, Germany is relatively specialised in the manufacture of motor vehicles, while Luxembourg and the United Kingdom are specialised in fi nancial services and business services. Concentration is a distribution measure based on country (or regional) shares, for example, a sector is said to be concentrated if relatively few countries (or regions) produce a high overall share of the total value added in the EU-27: this is the case for example in aerospace and pharmaceuticals. Th e second chapter closes with information from SBS broken down by enterprise size class (looking at the relative importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in relation to that of large enterprises), while data are also presented for the production of industrial products (PRODCOM), and for the external trade of goods. Th e third chapter presents a sectoral analysis looking in more de- tail at specifi c sectors within the EU business economy. For each of these, it provides a comprehensive set of key variables, describ- ing monetary and employment characteristics, as well as a set of derived indicators, for example, productivity and profi tability measures; these indicators are presented at a more detailed activity level, as well as by Member State.