IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2000 prices: results for January 2013

Measured in real terms (constant 2000 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 6,8% year-on-year in January 2013. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 5,4% in January 2013 compared with December 2012. This followed month-on-month changes of -4,1% in December 2012 and 1,1% in November 2012.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 3,0% in the three months ended January 2013 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for January 2013

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 12,4% in January 2013 compared with January 2012. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (23,3% and contributing 5,5 percentage points);
• machinery, equipment and supplies (30,0% and contributing 3,6 percentage points); and
• `other` household goods except precious stones (19,0% and contributing 2,0 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 11,5% in the three months ended January 2013 compared with the three months ended January 2012. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (14,3% and contributing 3,3 percentage points);
• food, beverages and tobacco (15,5% and contributing 2,5 percentage points);
• agricultural raw materials and livestock (26,7% and contributing 1,5 percentage points); and
• machinery, equipment and supplies (11,7% and contributing 1,5 percentage points).