Annual Trade Survey Other economic data Breakdown of external services expenditures by main activity (CNAE-2009 to 1 and 2 digits) Unidades: Miles € G TOTAL SECTOR COMERCIO 45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2018 2017 2016 2018 2017 2016 2018 2017 2016 2018 2017 2016 External services 75.641.871 73.192.710 70.224.902 7.139.005 6.704.217 6.156.902 43.049.082 41.414.058 39.989.274 25.453.785 25.074.435 24.078.725 R&D expenses of the exercise 501.420 486.555 367.156 64.192 5.756 4.166 291.022 250.090 234.075 146.206 230.709 128.915 Leasings and royalties 14.923.982 14.804.511 13.829.604 1.129.027 1.086.450 988.808 4.875.848 4.800.063 4.478.890 8.919.107 8.917.997 8.361.905 Repairs and maintenance 4.247.387 4.260.156 3.954.527 551.939 516.648 469.045 2.125.883 2.087.476 2.062.304 1.569.564 1.656.032 1.423.178 Independent professional services 10.066.141 9.711.354 9.273.311 900.763 870.374 812.106 6.465.314 6.176.967 5.963.876 2.700.064 2.664.013 2.497.329 Transportes realizados por terceros 10.283.729 9.889.953 9.116.545 596.035 562.655 497.536 7.980.585 7.530.371 7.096.184 1.707.109 1.796.927 1.522.826 Primas de seguros no sociales 1.795.313 1.753.776 1.724.912 257.058 248.465 230.153 1.078.764 1.043.222 1.036.675 459.491 462.089 458.084 Bank services and similar 1.221.292 1.230.269 1.186.048 102.301 98.425 97.094 532.954 549.785 522.517 586.037 582.059 566.437 Advertising, propaganda and public relations 8.812.645 9.349.552 8.901.382 1.430.656 1.388.688 1.308.378 5.562.707 6.034.490 5.855.677 1.819.283 1.926.374 1.737.327 Supplies 5.517.882 5.416.946 5.316.060 500.257 498.559 457.281 2.311.336 2.260.701 2.156.347 2.706.290 2.657.686 2.702.433 Other external services 18.272.079 16.289.639 16.555.358 1.606.777 1.428.196 1.292.336 11.824.669 10.680.893 10.582.730 4.840.634 4.180.549 4.680.291 Notas: Para el año de referencia 2016 se han aplicado diversas mejoras metodológicas; debido a estos cambios, los resultados no son estrictamente comparables a los de otros años ya que la evolución de las variables obedece no sólo a posibles cambios reales producidos en este periodo, sino también al efecto de las mejoras metodológicas sobre la estimación de dichas variables. Más información en el documento Medida del efecto de los cambios metodológicos en las Estadísticas Estructurales de Empresas 2016 Fuente: