IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for October 2014

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,4% year-on-year in October 2014. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 3,7% in October 2014 compared with September 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of 2,8% in September 2014 and 3,9% in August 2014.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,9% in the three months ended October 2014 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for October 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 3,6% in October 2014 compared with October 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• food, beverages and tobacco (9,9% and contributing 1,5 percentage points); and
• ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (7,0% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 7,1% in the three months ended October 2014 compared with the three months ended October 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (7,5% and contributing 1,6 percentage points);
• food, beverages and tobacco (8,5% and contributing 1,3 percentage points); and
• ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (11,9% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).