IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The total turnover of all industries1 for the third quarter of 2013 was estimated at R1 745 859 million (R1,75 trillion), an increase of 2,4% compared with the revised second quarter of 2013 (R1 704 281 million or R1,70 trillion).

Between the second quarter of 2013 and the third quarter of 2013, turnover increased in each of the eight industries covered in this survey. The largest increase in turnover was recorded for electricity, gas and water supply (+23,9%), followed by mining and quarrying (+3,6%), transport, storage and communication (+3,2%), manufacturing (+2,5%), trade (+1,4%), community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+1,1%), construction (+0,5%) and real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance)  (+0,3%).

Total inventories at the end of the third quarter of 2013 were estimated at R630 248 million, compared with R616 944 million for the revised second quarter of 2013, an increase of 2,2%. The largest increase in inventories was recorded for electricity, gas and water supply (+9,6%), followed by mining and quarrying (+2,8%), trade (+2,6%), manufacturing (+2,5%), community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+2,0%). Decreases were recorded for construction (-12,8%), transport, storage and communication (-5,3%) and real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (-4,7%).

Total capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment for the third quarter of 2013 was estimated at R72 370 million, compared with R74 318 million for the revised second quarter of 2013, a decrease of 2,6%. The largest decrease was recorded for manufacturing (-30,7%), followed by construction (-13,7%), mining and quarrying (-5,7%), trade (-2,9%) and community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (-2,3%). Increases were recorded for electricity, gas and water supply (+23,8%), real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+13,4%) and transport, storage and communication (+2,3%).

Turnover of all industries for the third quarter of 2013 was estimated at R1 745 859 million, compared with R1 618 484 million for the third quarter of 2012, an increase of 7,9%. The largest increase in turnover was recorded for real estate and other business services (excluding financial intermediation and insurance) (+15,8%), followed by mining and quarrying (+11,9%), transport, storage and communication (+9,2%), manufacturing (+7,1%), trade (+6,9%), electricity, gas and water supply (+5,1%), construction (+2,0%) and community, social and personal services (excluding government institutions) (+0,2%).

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