DEFINITIONS

Depreciation – depreciation (decrease in value) charge calculated on tangible and intangible and biological assets (in original cost) and property investments, also expenses arising on the impairment (write-downs and/or write-offs) of non-current assets.

Merchandise – goods purchased for resale to third parties without further processing, including sold stocks of raw materials and materials, real estate (dwellings, flats, non-residential buildings, land) and services (electricity, heat energy, water supply, package tour, etc.).

Number of employees – persons who work for an employer, have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. The number of employees is measured as an annual average.

Number of enterprises – the number of active enterprises or enterprises, which were economically active in the reference period (turnover, expenditure, etc.).

Number of hours worked – hours actually worked during normal working hours (of full- and part-time employees) and also overtime. If the exact number of hours actually worked is not known, it may be estimated on the basis of the theoretical number of working hours.

Other expenses – loss on the sale of tangible and intangible assets, property investments, biological assets; fines and fines for delay; other irregular costs incurred during operating activities. Other expenses include extraordinary costs.

Other revenues – profit on the sale of tangible and intangible assets, property investments, biological assets; fines and fines for delay received; other irregular revenue earned during business activities. Other revenue includes extraordinary income and subsidies.

Personnel expenses – wages and salaries, and social tax.

Persons employed – persons who work for the enterprise, irrespective of the length of their working week. The number of persons employed is measured as an annual average.

Employed persons include:

- working proprietors and their unpaid family members;

- full- and part-time employees who are on the pay-roll;

- persons who work outside the unit (sales representatives, delivery personnel, repair and maintenance teams, etc.) but who are on the staff list and the pay-roll of the enterprise;

- persons temporarily absent from work (persons on sick leave, paid leave, study leave, on strike, etc.);

- seasonal workers, trainees (apprentices) and home-workers who are on the pay-roll;

- persons employed under the contract for services.

Unpaid family workers refer to persons who live with the proprietor of the enterprise and work regularly for the enterprise, but who do not have an employment contract and who do not receive remuneration for the work they perform. This group includes only those persons who are not on the payroll of another enterprise as full-time employees.

The number of employed persons excludes the staff of other enterprises who carry out ordered work, and also persons who are absent from work for a long time (persons on child care leave, conscripts, etc.).

Turnover – income from sale of all products, goods and services received or to be received, which does not include VAT and excises. Turnover is equal with the pay received or to be received and is calculated on a accrual basis accounting. Turnover excludes subsidies.

Type of owner – a basis for the classification of entrepreneurs on the assumption of their capital involvement (majority of votes) in the company.

Formulas of productivity measures

Ratio

Formula

Productivity measures by turnover

 

 

Productivity of labour (thousand euros)

turnover + subsidies

—–————————————

number of persons employed

 

Productivity per hour (euros)

turnover + subsidies

—–————————

number of hours worked by employees

 

Productivity of personnel costs

turnover + subsidies

—–———————

personnel expenses

 

Total productivity

turnover + subsidies

—–———————

costs (adjusted by stocks of work-in-progress and finished goods (not sold yet) and capitalized self-constructed assets)

Productivity measures by value added

 

Productivity of labour (thousand euros)

value added

—–————————————

number of persons employed

 

Productivity per hour (euros)

value added

—–———————————————

number of hours worked by employees

 

Productivity of personnel costs

value added

—–———————

personnel expenses

 

Total productivity

value added

——————

costs (adjusted by stocks of work-in-progress and finished goods (not sold yet) and capitalized self-constructed assets)

Value added

turnover + change in stocks of work-in-progress and finished goods (stocks at the end minus stocks at the beginning of the reference year) + capitalized self-constructed assets + other revenue (without profit from the sale and revaluation of tangible assets) – other expenses (without loss from the sale of tangible assets) – costs of merchandise, materials, supplies, intermediate goods, electricity, fuel, power, laid-out work – duties and taxes linked to production – taxes on products

Production value

turnover + other revenue (without profit from the sale and revaluation of tangible assets, subsidies) – costs of merchandise, services and real estate purchased for resale – payments to subcontractors + change in stocks of work-in-progress and finished goods (stocks at the end minus stocks at the beginning of the reference year) + capitalized self-constructed assets

METHODOLOGY

DATA COLLECTION

The financial data of enterprises have been collected on the basis of the annual statistical questionnaire “EKOMAR”. The financial data of enterprises do not include data of budgetary institutions and organisations, sole proprietors and farms.

DATA PROCESSING

Statistical unit

Statistical unit is the enterprise as a company – public limited company, private limited company, general partnership, limited partnership, commercial association and branch of foreign company (with 20 or more persons employed).

Population and sampling frame

The survey population comprises enterprises included in the register of economically active enterprises called the Statistical Profile. The Statistical Profile is created on the basis of the Commercial Register and is used as the sampling frame.

Sample

The financial data are collected by sample survey, using stratified simple random sampling. The population was stratified by economic activity, by number of persons employed and by type of owner. The data collected by sample survey are expanded to the whole population.

Enterprises have been divided into groups by economic activity according to the Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008), which is based on the NACE Rev 2 (Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Communities).

By type of owner, all state and municipal enterprises as well as enterprises of private ownership with 20 or more persons employed are completely enumerated. The rest of enterprises belonging to Estonian and foreign persons in private law are sampled.

CONFIDENTIALITY

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics guided by the requirements provided for in § 34 and § 35 of the Official Statistics Act.

CLASSIFICATIONS

Economic activity groups by Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev.2

G

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

G45

..wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

G451

....sale of motor vehicles

G452

....maintenance and repair of motor vehicles

G453

....sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories

G454

....sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories

G46

..wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

G461

....wholesale on a fee or contract basis

G462

....wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals

G463

....wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

G464

....wholesale of household goods

G465

....wholesale of information and communication equipment

G466

....wholesale of other machinery, equipment and supplies

G467

....other specialised wholesale

G469

....non-specialised wholesale trade

G47

..retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

G471

....retail sale in non-specialised stores

G4711

....retail sale in non-specialised stores (food or beverages predominating)

G4719

....other retail sale in non-specialised stores

472

....retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores

G473

....retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

G474

....retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialised stores

G4741-4742

......retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software, telecommunications equipment in specialised stores

G4743

......retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores

G475

....retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores

G4751

......retail sale of textiles in specialised stores

G4752

......retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

G4753

......retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores

G4754

......retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

G4759

......retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles

G476

....retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores

G4761-4762

......retail sale of books, newspapers and stationery in specialised stores

G4763

......retail sale of music and video recordings in specialised stores

G4764-4765

......retail sale of sporting equipment, games and toys in specialised stores

G477

....retail sale of other goods in specialised stores

G4771

......retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

G4772

......retail sale of footwear and leather goods in specialised stores

G4773-4774

......dispensing chemist in specialised stores and retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores

G4775

......retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores

G4776

......retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilisers, pet animals and pet food

G4777

......retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores

G4778

......other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores

G4779

......retail sale of second-hand goods in stores

G478

....retail sale via stalls and markets

G479

....retail trade not in stores, stalls or markets

G4791

......retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

G4799

......other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

MORE DATA

Eesti statistika aastaraamat. Statistical Yearbook of Estonia

CONTACT PERSON

Tatjana Semjonova

Annual Statistics of Entrepreneurship Service

Tel +372 625 9163

tatjana.semjonova@stat.ee

Updated: 07.05.2013