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

Wholesale trade sales in real terms

Annual wholesale trade sales, at constant 2000 prices, increased by 2,2% in 2010 compared with 2009, while sales increased by 5,6% year-on-year in December 2010.

Wholesale trade sales, at constant 2000 prices, increased by 4,9% in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with the fourth quarter of 2009, while sales for the same period in 2009 decreased by 9,6%. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,3% in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with the third quarter of 2010.

Wholesale trade sales in nominal terms

Annual wholesale trade sales, at current prices, increased by 7,0% in 2010 compared with 2009, while sales increased by 10,4% year-on-year in December 2010.

Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, increased by 10,1% in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with the fourth quarter of 2009. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (24,3% and contributing 4,4 percentage points) and dealers in food, beverages and tobacco (11,5% and contributing 2,0 percentage points).