IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Wholesale trade sales increase in real terms

Wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for the three months ending October 2007 increased by 5,4% compared with the three months ending October 2006. Similarly, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for the three months ending October 2007 increased by 1,9% compared with the previous three months.
 
Wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for the first ten months of 2007 increased by 6,6% compared with the first ten months of 2006. Furthermore, wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for October 2007 increased by 6,9% compared with October 2006. The 6,9% is higher than the 6,2% growth in October 2006.

Wholesale trade sales increase at current prices

Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the three months ending October 2007 increased by 15,4% compared with the three months ending October 2006. The 15,4% increase is lower than the 16,3% growth for the corresponding period in 2006. The major contributors to the 15,4% growth were dealers in machinery, equipment and supplies (+4,0 percentage points), dealers in food, beverages and tobacco (+2,5 percentage points), dealers in other household goods except precious stones (+2,1 percentage points) and dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (+2,1 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the first ten months of 2007 increased by 17,9% compared with the first ten months of 2006. Similarly, wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for October 2007 increased by 17,0% compared with October 2006.