IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for May 2013

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 7,7% year-on-year in May 2013. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,6% in May 2013 compared with April 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of 10,1% in April 2013 and -6,0% in March 2013.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,6% in the three months ended May 2013 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for May 2013

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 12,3% in May 2013 compared with May 2012. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• `other` household goods except precious stones (24,2% and contributing 2,6 percentage points);
• agricultural raw materials and livestock (39,4% and contributing 2,0 percentage points); and
• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (8,5% and contributing 2,0 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 10,4% in the three months ended May 2013 compared with the three months ended May 2012. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (9,9% and contributing 2,4 percentage points);
• food, beverages and tobacco (13,6% and contributing 2,1 percentage points); and
• `other` household goods except precious stones (17,0% and contributing 1,9 percentage points).