Sales volume indices and turnover indices are constructed from a tax source, the "CA3" form, which companies fill in for the payment of value added tax (VAT) every month .

They include the total turnover of reporting companies, all activities combined, classified according to the main activity of the company.

The "survey “Observation of Prices in Industry and Services” is the main source of the price indices used to deflate the wholesale trade. Household consumer price indices (CPIs) are used as a deflator for retail trade.

Monthly

The turnover indices are constructed from a tax source, the CA3 form, which must be completed by enterprises for the payment of value added tax (VAT) every month.

France (with the exception of French Guiana and Mayotte not subject to VAT).

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