IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,2% year-on-year in August 2014. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 3,4% in August 2014 compared with July 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of -4,8% in July 2014 and 2,5% in June 2014.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,4% in the three months ended August 2014 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for August 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 4,5% in August 2014 compared with August 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (7,3% and contributing 1,6 percentage points); and
• food, beverages and tobacco (6,6% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 6,2% in the three months ended August 2014 compared with the three months ended August 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (10,3% and contributing 2,3 percentage points);
• food, beverages and tobacco (8,6% and contributing 1,4 percentage points); and
  ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (10,5% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).