Statistics Netherlands

Bussiness statistics The Hague

Henri Faasdreef 312, 2492 JP Den Haag 

Index of industrial turnover

 NACE Rev. 2.

Activities covered: The survey covers approximately NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to E. Manufacturing: division C10-33 in NACE Rev.

Turnover: the value of the sales own products and services (excluding goods purchased for resale in the same condition as received) invoiced (excluding VAT). Turnover is divided in domestic and exports. Turnover excludes VAT and other similar deductible taxes directly linked to turnover as well as all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the unit.

No changes in data collection are foreseen, other than the use of VAT information to calibrate the results of the sample survey.

Reporting unit Enterprise (legal unit). Observation unit(s) The enterprise and parts of enterprises (presumed to be KAUs).

The statistical population comprises the observation units (enterprises) that are economically active in the sectors B to E (NACE Rev. 2) in the period under review.

For 2020, there are ± 71.000 enterprises in the population

Geographical area covered: The geographical area covered by the survey is the Netherlands - no regions are excluded.

Overseas territories are not included in the figures.

Date of first use as a source: 1995 - onwards

Base (reference) year: 2015=100

Indexes. Also percentage change published nationally.

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Legal basis: Statistics Netherlands is fully independent in terms of its statistical operations with respect to methodology and publications. Independence was granted by the Royal Act of 1899 and reconfirmed by law in 1996 and 2003. The CBS Law of 2003 is available in English and Dutch. The public can find it at the CBS website: https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/deelnemers-enquetes/deelnemers-enquetes/bedrijven/meer-over-cbs-enquetes/handhaving/wet-regelgeving

European Business Statistics Regulation

• Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (EBS-Regulation)
• Commission Implementing Regulation 2020/1197 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistic (General Implementing Act)
• Commission Implementing Decision 2021/1003 granting derogations to certain Member States with respect to the transmission of statistics pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 (Derogations)
• STS data requirements overview June 2021
• STS data requirements by country size June 2021

Statistiscs Netherlands makes available all the non-confidential data on its website. Selected data in special formats are transmitted monthly to the CPB (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis), the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and UN (United Nations).

Statistics Netherlands is fully independent in terms of its statistical operations with respect to methodology and publications. Independence was granted by the Royal Act of 1899 and reconfirmed by law in 1996 and 2003. Data provision was made compulsory by law in 1936. Confidentiality is guaranteed. Individual data are never published without consent.

The CSB Law of 2003 is available in English and Dutch on the CBS website.

https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/deelnemers-enquetes/deelnemers-enquetes/bedrijven/meer-over-cbs-enquetes/handhaving/wet-regelgeving

All activities which consist of less than four enterprises or in which one enterprise has a market share of 70% or more are confidential.

Advance dissemination of release calendar: https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/publicatieplanning

see 8.1

The data are released simultaneously to all interested parties at 6:30 a.m. CET. At the same time the data is also sent to subscribers by e-mail. The untitled press release is subsequently posted on the Statistics Netherlands Internet website.

There is no government access to the data before their release to the public.

 Results are disseminated once a month.

Data is disseminated monthly at the StatLine - Nijverheid; productie en omzet, ontwikkeling en index, 2015=100 (cbs.nl)

The production index data are disseminated in the Business Cycle Report (monthly) as well as the Statistical Bulletin.

The data are published on the CBS Website (http://www.cbs.nl) in Statline.

StatLine - Nijverheid; productie en omzet, ontwikkeling en index, 2015=100 (cbs.nl)

There is no user access to microdata.

Data are sent to Eurostat for EU aggregates and as well released as national data.

Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics: A short description is available, http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/industrie-energie/methoden/dataverzameling/korte-onderzoeksbeschrijvingen/productiegegevens-nijverheid-excl-bouwnijverheid-methode.htm (Dutch only).

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There are different policies and procedures guarantying quality. Statical improvements are reviewed by an independent department. There is also a list of methods that have been accepted as best practice. New statistics should use these methods or only deviate with good reasons. Every month the results of the IPI statistics are validated by a independent statistician.

European Code of practice

The general quality of the Industrial turnover is considered good. All quality aspects have been covered.

EBS/STS provide statistical information necessary to monitor the competitiveness and performance of the business community in the EU. The EBS/STS are used by different users (European Commission and ECB, national governments and central banks, economic analysts in private companies and financial institutions) and serve different purposes.

User satisfaction is measured via download statistics of the online databank and with ad hoc user consultations. Further there is no systematic collection of user opinion. Feedback is occasionally given in meetings, email or telephone contacts etc.

 Eurostat requirements are fulfilled.

 The accuracy is tackled by eliminating as much as possible non-sampling errors, by calculating sampling errors and studying and analysing revisions.

Sampling errors are calculated on an irregular basis, in order to update/optimise the sample design if needed.

Response rate: The response rate reaches 80% at the time of the first publication. After 3 months the response rate has gradually grown to a rate of over 95%.

Actions to speed up or increase the rate of response: Missing responses are followed up by reminders in a first stage and then by telephone contacts.

Timeliness: First release: within 40 days after the reference month. Monthly corrections are made due to late reporting of enterprises. Three months after the end of the month under review the index is considered to be of good quality; subsequent changes are generally minor. The production index is final after one year, when December is final, with the firts publication of March next year.

Timetable of data collection: Questionnaires are sent to the reporting unit at the end of the reference month.

All releases are published according to the release calendar.

For 2022, all the deadlines were respected.

Whole national territory is covered.

The time series 2005 and further should be comparable over time, since no major changes in methodology or sources have been implemented in that period. Some smaller adjustments have been made to the business register in 2006 and 2009.

Dissemination of information that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness: Cross-checking is facilitated by using the same frame in different statistics (Business register) and by using the NACE classification system.

Confrontation with other data sets: The results are NOT confronted with the results of other data sources.

The main aggregates (Both NACE and MIG) are always consistent with the subaggregates.

Higher NACE aggregates are calculated by weighing the lowest level NACE aggregates.

The sample survey is almost 5600 each month or 67.000 each year. The total burden for respondents is estimated to be about 16.000 manhours annualy.

The cost for the statistical office (data collection, editing, processing etc) is estimated to be about 8.000 manhours annualy.

These costs cover the EBS/STS and the national requirements

The Statistical office release policy makes a distinction between adjustments, corrections and revisions.

The published results can be changed over time due to several reasons:

- adjustments are changes due to extra information from enterprises: The data of max. the last four reference months are provisional and can be adjusted once a month if new information is available.

- Corrections for large, apparent mistakes (for example serious editing or processing errors): This type of change is applied very rarely

- Revisions are due to the change of methodology or base year.

New figures are published once a month for EBS/STS purposes. Figures of max. three preceding periods can be adjusted due to extra information available.

The National and EBS/STS revision strategy is the same.

The revision policy is described in the explanation of the online database tables. In case of changes in methodology or major changes in the data, the public will be informed on the internet website of Statistics Netherlands (http://www.cbs.nl). Possible adjustments to first releases are due to better turnover response.

The source for the industrial turnover is a statistical survey. The same source is used also for industrial production and hours worked data. For some Classes of industry the information necessary to calculate production is collected more on a Ad Hoc basis from individual enterprises or institutions, in particular in the food, basic metal, machine and car industry. 

Questionnaires used in the survey: Monthly questionnaire on sales and order positions and some additional branch-specific information. Quarterly questionnaire on stocks. Specific information received from companies and from boards of producers.

About 47 percent of the indicators in terms of weight relate to deflated turnover, 39 percent to measurement of physical output, 8 percent to hours worked, 3 percent to calculated value added at constant prices, and the rest to various other methods.

Frame on which the source is based: The General Business Register (Algemeen Bedrijfsregister - ABR).

Sample or census: Census Survey with cut-off threshold

Criteria for stratification: For mining and manufacturing industries it is a census approach. In Mining no significant threshold is applied. In Manufacturing a threshold of 20 persons employed is applied. The selected enterprises represent around 90% of gross production. Units with less than 20 employees (not queried) represent around 10%.

Threshold values and percentages: About 5600 units are surveyed every month. Units with more than 20 persons employed are surveyed exhaustively. Units with less then 20 persons emplyed are not surveyed for Manufacturing.

Frequency of updating the sample: Yearly.

Data collection is monthly.

Most of the data collection is done by electronic means, both e-mail and direct connection, after receiving a log-in code by mail. A small part of the collection is by postal questionnaire and other means.

Data validation is performed as a final step before releasing/disseminating the data. The validation is performed by an independent statistician.

Estimates for non-response: Non-response for turnover is treated using imputation techniques. The estimation is done by using growth rates of the known average of a particular industry multiplied with the value of the previous month.

Estimates for grossing-up to population levels: The grossing up is based on the latest completed monthly Total number of enterprises per stratum in the General Business Register adjusted for population errors (such as non-active enterprises). The ratio of the total number of enterprise (N) within a given stratum to the corresponding number of enterprises (n) of the sample gives the grossing-up factor for the stratum. ; The turnover index is a composite-weighted value index.

Type of index: The composite index is weighted by the monthly values of the underlying strata.

Method of weighting and chaining: The base year weights are based on SBS information. No chain linking is used to extend time series.

There are no corrections for variations in the number of working/trading days or seasonal variations.

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