IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for January 2014

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 8,7% year-on-year in January 2014. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,8% in January 2014 compared with December 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,9% in December 2013 and 1,0% in November 2013.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,0% in the three months ended January 2014 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for January 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 16,1% in January 2014 compared with January 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (16,9% and contributing 4,2 percentage points);
• machinery, equipment and supplies (20,1% and contributing 2,8 percentage points); and
• food, beverages and tobacco (9,4% and contributing 1,4 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 13,4% in the three months ended January 2014 compared with the three months ended January 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (16,5% and contributing 3,8 percentage points);
• machinery, equipment and supplies (20,3% and contributing 2,6 percentage points); and
• food, beverages and tobacco (9,5% and contributing 1,6 percentage points).