In response, we have archived the predecessors (2012 ZAR, January 1977 to July 2017) by marking their metadata as "discontinued" and segregating from the catalog. The one-for-one replacements (2015 ZAR) start at January 2002 and have standardized mnemonics. Figures are millions (Mil.) of South African rand. There are two presentations, not seasonally adjusted (NSA) with components, and seasonally adjusted (SA) with total only. The classification is SIC 5 (South Africa's "Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Fifth Edition"), the localization of UN ISIC Rev. 3.
The active series reside in the historical catalog (South Africa » Consumer » Retail Sales » Retail sales » 2015 prices) and the predecessors under the associated "discontinued" node. They include, for example:
- WRCRATTAM.IZAF = [DISCONTINUED] Retail sales: All retailers, (Mil. 2012 ZAR, SA)
- WRC62AM.IZAF = Ibid, (Mil. 2015 ZAR, SA)
- WRCRACTTTUM.IZAF = [DISCONTINUED] Textiles; clothing; footwear and leather goods, (Mil. 2012 ZAR, NSA)
- WRC6232UM.IZAF = Ibid, (Mil. 2015 ZAR, NSA)
- WRCRAOTTUM.IZAF = [DISCONTINUED] All other retailers, (Mil. 2012 ZAR, NSA)
- WRCROTHRUM.IZAF = Ibid, (Mil. 2015 ZAR, NSA)
Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.
Please be aware that:
- Because we have standardized and shortened the concept codes, legacy retrievals will now elicit the "series not found" error. You will need to update your baskets from the catalog.
- At this time, we have also replaced the corresponding current-price series; this subset includes only the total, not components by type of store.
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