IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2000 prices: results for February 2013

Measured in real terms (constant 2000 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 3,7% year-on-year in February 2013. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,3% in February 2013 compared with January 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of 3,5% in January 2013 and -2,0% in December 2012.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,9% in the three months ended February 2013 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for February 2013

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 8,1% in February 2013 compared with February 2012. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• food, beverages and tobacco (14,9% and contributing 2,1 percentage points);
• `other` goods (20,2% and contributing 1,9 percentage points);
• `other` household goods except precious stones (13,6% and contributing 1,4 percentage points); and
• machinery, equipment and supplies (10,4% and contributing 1,4 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 9,5% in the three months ended February 2013 compared with the three months ended February 2012. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

•  solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (10,3% and contributing 2,5 percentage points);
• food, beverages and tobacco (14,4% and contributing 2,3 percentage points); and
• machinery, equipment and supplies (11,7% and contributing 1,5 percentage points).