The section represents data on retail, wholesale trade and consumer market of services. The data characterize the activities of organisations of retail and wholesale trade. The state of retail and wholesale are illustrated by data on trade turnover, indices of retail trade physical volume turnover. Information is given on commodity structure, sales of main products, and their quality. The statistical data are shown on the sales of goods (products) by industrial enterprises and organisations of wholesale trade, on the stock of goods (products) at industrial enterprises, organisation of wholesale and retail trade, on the activities of commodity stock exchanges.

The section also represents statistical data characterizing the consumer market of services. The data in value terms are given in actual prices. Changes in the volume of market services rendered to population are characterized by volume indices calculated by comparing its value for the recorded and basic periods adjusted for inflation by the index of consumer prices for services.

Retail trade turnover - a return from goods sold to population for own consumption or for use in households and paid by cash or credit cards, by bank cheques, from bank accounts of individuals by bank transfer or by payment cards.

The value of goods sold with discount to selected categories of population or paid completely by social security bodies is to be included in the total retail trade turnover with nominal prices. Retail trade turnover does not include cost of goods, sold by retail trade network to legal entities (including bodies of social security, special customers etc.) and individual entrepreneurs and public catering turnover.

Retail trade turnover data include the cost of goods sold to population by organisations for which retail trade is the main kind of their activity, by organisations of other sectors of the economy, if they sell goods to population go over their own trade establishments or with payments made over pay-desk. Retail trade turnover also includes the value of goods sold by individual entrepreneurs and individuals (physical persons) in retail markets and fairs.

Retail trade turnover is formed on the basis of the complete federal statistical survey of organisation, which are not a subject of small business, sample survey on small businesses engaged in retail trade (except micro-enterprises), commodity markets conducted monthly, as well as the annual sample survey of individual entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises . Data collected while these surveys mentioned above are grossing up on the general population of units under observations

Retail trade turnover is given at actual selling prices, which include trade margin, value added tax and similar compulsory payments.

Wholesale turnover - is a return of goods sold, purchased previously outside with the aim to resell to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs for professional use (reprocessing or further sale).

Wholesale turnover include data of organisations for which wholesale trade id the main kind of activity as well as for other organisation engaged in wholesale trade.

Wholesale turnover is given at actual selling prices, which include trade margin, value added tax, excise, export duty, custom dues and similar compulsory payments. The sum of attorney's and agent's remuneration is reflected in the actual value including VAT.

Besides in accordance with the National account requirements the wholesale turnover is to be revised and adjusted to the volume of hidden activities.

Data on retail trade (wholesale) turnover for 2008 was revised according to results of surveys of medium organisations and small businesses.

Dynamics of retail trade and wholesale and sales of selected goods is characterized by volume indices which are defined by comparability of a turnover value (trade) for reporting and basis periods at constant prices.

The quarterly sample survey on business activities of retail trade organisations contain quality assessments indicators made by managers (owners) of trade organizations of different aspects of economic activities for current period, trends of its development in the nearest perspective. Retail trade organizations various forms of ownership, different number of workers and average per day turnover from all regions of the Russian Federation participate in the survey.

The balances of assessment of indicators (in percentage) are used as simple indicators of results of surveys. They are determined as the difference of shares of respondents who, who estimated the economic situation as "favorable", "unfavorable ".

On the basis of the balance of assessments the composite indicator - index of entrepreneurial confidence is compiled. The index of entrepreneurial confidence is calculated as an arithmetic mean of balances of assessments of actual economic situation and the level of storage stock (the latter with opposite sign) as well as expecting economic situation of trade organisations.

Information in this section is presented on the basis of the IV quarter survey of each year under analysis.

Volume of market services rendered to population represents volume money equivalent of services provided by residents of the Russian Federation (legal bodies, citizens engaged in non corporate business, registered on the territory of the Russian Federation) to the citizens of the Russian Federation, members of their families and citizens of foreign countries (non-residents) using different cervices on the territory of the Russian Federation. This indicator is based on data of the federal state statistical observation and on the hidden and informal activities in the market of services according to the approved methodology.

Market services rendered to population include: everyday personal services, passenger transport services, communication, housing and public utilities, hotels and accommodation service, education services, cultural and recreational services, tourism, physical culture and sports, public health services and related health and sanitation services, veterinary, legal services, etc.