Key findings: P6141.2 - Wholesale trade sales, June 2013

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for June 2013

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 7,5% year-on-year in June 2013. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,2% in June 2013 compared with May 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of 2,8% in May 2013 and 0,0% in April 2013.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,6% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter.

Sales at current prices: results for June 2013

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 13,1% in June 2013 compared with June 2012. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (20,0% and contributing 4,7 percentage points);
  • food, beverages and tobacco (21,4% and contributing 3,1 percentage points); and
  • `other` households goods except precious stones (16,9% and contributing 2,0 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 13,0% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the second quarter of 2012. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (11,2% and contributing 2,7 percentage points);
  • `other` household goods except precious stones (20,7% and contributing 2,3 percentage points); and
  • food, beverages and tobacco (15,5% and contributing 2,3 percentage points).