Trade Survey , January 1997 - December 1997
NSS 53rd Round

India, 1997

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-53Rnd-Sch2dot41dot2-1997

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National Sample Survey Office

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Trade margin(whole number) (B7_c4b)

Data file: Block-7-Trade-Margin-commodity-Records

Overview

Valid: 908761

Invalid: 69

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 942

Mean: 15.229

Standard deviation: 13.378

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 36

End: 38

Width: 3

Range: 0 - 942

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Interviewer instructions

Trade margins are to be collected for all the 73 commodity groups as specified. The informant may be asked about trade margin for individual commodity of the group sold by the trading enterprise.The trade margin of a commodity group will not depend on the volume of transaction.But it will have some relevance with the unit of transaction since concept of trade margin is essentially based on the per unit prices of purchase and sale.If it is reported that the trade margins are varying during the month,the trade margin at last transaction may be considered.

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Definition

Trade Margin for a commodity is the percentage gain in the sale price of a commodoty over its purchase price. Mathematically it may be written as:
Trade Margin =(sale price - purchase price)/ purchase price x 100

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Trade Survey , January 1997 - December 1997 NSS 53rd Round