Definition: Margin (trade)

Category: SNA 1993

A trade margin is the difference between the actual or imputed price realised on a good purchased for resale (either wholesale or retail) and the price that would have to be paid by the distributor to replace the good at the time it is sold or otherwise disposed of. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SNA_1993_EN.pdf