Operational diagnostics of the wholesale trade condition in Russia, South federal district, Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol

The article presents the results of the analysis of the dynamics and structure of wholesale trade key indicators in Russian Federation, Southern Federal District, Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol from 2012-2017 years and earlier periods. The following wholesale trade key indicators are analyzed: wholesale turnover, gross regional product, inventories in wholesale trade organizations, the commodity structure of wholesale trade, the number of wholesale organizations, exchange performance indicators etc. The wholesale trade turnover for 2018 in the Russian Federation and the Southern Federal District was predicted using the method of analytical equalization.