IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for February 2014 Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 8,9% year-on-year in February 2014. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,1% in February 2014 compared with January 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of 3,1% in January 2014 and -1,1% in December 2013. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,4% in the three months ended February 2014 compared with the previous three months. Sales at current prices: results for February 2014 Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 17,3% in February 2014 compared with February 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in: • machinery, equipment and supplies (28,7% and contributing 4,1 percentage points); • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (15,4% and contributing 3,6 percentage points); and • ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (45,8% and contributing 1,7 percentage points). Wholesale trade sales increased by 15,4% in the three months ended February 2014 compared with the three months ended February 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in: • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (17,8% and contributing 4,2 percentage points); • machinery, equipment and supplies (23,6% and contributing 3,2 percentage points); and • food, beverages and tobacco (10,2% and contributing 1,7 percentage points).