IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The total turnover of all industries1 for the second quarter of 2013 was estimated at  R1 688 649 million (R1,69 trillion), an increase of 3,7% compared with the revised first quarter of 2013 (R1 628 192 million or R1,63 trillion).

Between the first quarter of 2013 and the second quarter of 2013, 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 (+20,8%), followed by construction (+14,7%), real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+5,9%), transport, storage and communication (+3,7%), manufacturing (+3,3%), trade (+2,5%) and community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+1,2%). A decrease was recorded for mining and quarrying (-1,3%).

Total inventories at the end of the second quarter of 2013 were estimated at R620 103 million, compared with R594 756 million for the revised first quarter of 2013, an increase of 4,3%. The largest increase in inventories was recorded for transport, storage and communication (+20,2%), followed by  mining and quarrying (+9,2%), electricity, gas and water supply (+7,6%), real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+4,4%), manufacturing (+4,0%), construction (+3,6%) and trade (+2,2%). A decrease was recorded for community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (-4,9%).

Total capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment for the second quarter of 2013 was estimated at R71 660 million, compared with R54 193 million for the revised first quarter of 2013, an increase of 32,2%. The largest increase was recorded for electricity, gas and water supply (+113,5%), followed by manufacturing (+65,7%), community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+52,6%), mining and quarrying (+26,6%), real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+9,0%), trade (+3,8%) and construction (+1,6%). A decrease was recorded for transport, storage and communication (-3,1%).

Turnover of all industries for the second quarter of 2013 was estimated at R1 688 649 million, compared with R1 576 666 million for the second quarter of 2012, an increase of 7,1%. The largest increase in turnover was recorded for real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+18,2%), followed by electricity, gas and water supply (+10,6%), manufacturing (+8,8%), transport, storage and communication (+8,3%),  construction (+6,3%), community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+6,2%), mining and quarrying (+5,0%) and trade (+2,8%).

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