IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The total turnover of all industries1 for the third quarter of 2010 was estimated at R1 316 027 million (R1,32 trillion), an increase of 3,3% compared with the revised second quarter of 2010 (R1 273 659 million or R1,27 trillion).

Between the second and third quarters of 2010, turnover increased in seven of the eight industries covered in the survey. The largest increase in turnover was recorded for electricity, gas and water supply (+31,3%), followed by transport, storage and communication (+6,0%), trade (+4,2%), mining and quarrying (+3,9%), real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+2,3%), manufacturing (+1,2%) and community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+0,6%). A decrease was recorded for construction (-2,8%).

Total inventories at the end of the third quarter of 2010 were estimated at R476 807 million, compared with R467 757 million for the revised second quarter of 2010, an increase of 1,9%. The largest increase in inventories was recorded for electricity, gas and water supply (+10,5%), followed by manufacturing (+2,9%), construction (+2,2%), trade (+1,6%) and mining and quarrying (+1,1%). Decreases were recorded for community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (-8,8%), transport, storage and communication (-4,6%), real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (-2,7%).

Purchases for the third quarter of 2010 were estimated at R767 089 million, compared with R739 082 million for the revised second quarter of 2010, an increase of 3,8%. The largest increase in purchases was recorded for trade (+8,3%), followed by transport, storage and communication (+6,2%), mining and quarrying (+4,3%), electricity, gas and water supply (+2,9%) and manufacturing (+0,3%). Decreases were recorded for community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (-8,4%), real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (-5,7%) and construction (-1,5%).

Total capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment for the third quarter of 2010 was estimated at R57 365 million, compared with R57 986 million for the revised second quarter of 2010, a decrease of 1,1%. The largest decrease was reported for manufacturing (-19,4%), followed by community and social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (-8,7%), trade       (-5,1%), construction (-0,7%) and mining and quarrying (-0,5%). Increases were recorded for transport, storage and communication (+12,6%), electricity, gas and water supply (+9,0%) and real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+0,6%).

Turnover of all industries for the third quarter of 2010 was estimated at R1 316 027 million, compared with R1 198 095 million for the revised third quarter of 2009, an increase of 9,8%. The largest increase was recorded for mining and quarrying (+27,7%), followed by community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+25,4%), electricity, gas and water supply (+22,9%), trade (+11,7%), manufacturing (+8,4%), transport, storage and communication (+8,2%) and construction (+1,9%). A decrease was recorded for real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (-4,7%).

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