IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for the three months ended November 2008 increased by 2,7% compared with the three months ended November 2007. The annual growth rate for the corresponding period in 2007 was 6,0%. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for the three months ended November 2008 increased by 0,3% compared with the three months ended August 2008.

Wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for November 2008 increased by 1,9% compared with November 2007. Wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices for the first eleven months of 2008, reflected an increase of 5,8% compared with the first eleven months of 2007, while growth for the same period in 2007 was 6,6%.

Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the three months ended November 2008 increased by 18,4% compared with the three months ended November 2007. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (+6,1 percentage points), dealers in machinery, equipment and supplies (+5,4 percentage points) and dealers in food, beverages and tobacco (+2,0 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales at current prices for November 2008 increased by 15,7% compared with November 2007, while sales for the corresponding period in 2007 increased by 15,8%.