Key findings: P6141.2 - Wholesale trade sales, May 2010

Wholesale trade sales in real terms

Wholesale trade sales, at constant 2000 prices, for the three months ended May 2010 increased by 1,2% compared with the three months ended May 2009, while sales for the same period in 2009 decreased by 11,8%. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales for the three months ended May 2010 increased by 2,4% compared with the three months ended February 2010.

Wholesale trade sales, at constant 2000 prices, for May 2010 increased by 3,1% compared with May 2009.

Wholesale trade sales in nominal terms

Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the three months ended May 2010 increased by 6,5% compared with the three months ended May 2009. The major contributor to this increase was dealers in `Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products` (29,7% and contributing 4,4 percentage points).
 
Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for May 2010 increased by 10,1% compared with May 2009, while sales for the corresponding period in 2009 decreased by 15,9%. Large year-on-year percentage increases were recorded for wholesale trade in `Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products` (37,6%) and `Metals and metal ores` (24,2%) and on a `Fee or contract basis` (23,3%).