Key findings: P0044 - Quarterly financial statistics (QFS), June 2006

The total turnover of all industries1 for the second quarter of 2006 was estimated at R878 619 million, an increase of 5,2% compared with the revised first quarter of 2006 (R835 153 million).   Between the first quarter of 2006 and the second quarter of 2006 turnover increased in all of the seven industries covered in the survey. The largest increase was recorded for mining and quarrying (+19,5%), followed by manufacturing (+8,0%), transport, storage and communication (+6,6%), community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+3,8%), construction (+3,6%), trade (+2,2%) and real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+1,1%).

1 All industries in the South African economy, excluding agriculture, electricity, gas and water supply, financial intermediation and insurance and government institutions.