Key findings: P6141.2 - Wholesale trade sales, June 2014

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for June 2014

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 3,2% year-on-year in June 2014. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,4% in June 2014 compared with May 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,3% in May 2014 and -0,1% in April 2014.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,0% in the second quarter of 2014 compared with the previous quarter.

Sales at current prices: results for June 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 11,6% in June 2014 compared with June 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (15,2% and contributing 3,6 percentage points);
  • machinery, equipment and supplies (17,2% and contributing 2,2 percentage points); and
  • fee or contract basis (26,2% and contributing 1,4 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 9,5% in the second quarter of 2014 compared with the second quarter of 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (15,6% and contributing 3,6 percentage points); and
  • machinery, equipment and supplies (15,4% and contributing 2,0 percentage points).