IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for November 2014

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 8,1% year-on-year in November 2014. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 3,0% in November 2014 compared with October 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of -3,9% in October 2014 and 2,8% in September 2014.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,1% in the three months ended November 2014 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for November 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 3,0% in November 2014 compared with November 2013. The major contributors to this decrease were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-7,1% and contributing -1,5 percentage points); and
• machinery, equipment and supplies (-9,8% and contributing -1,5 percentage points).

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

• food, beverages and tobacco (7,5% and contributing 1,2 percentage points);
• other household goods except precious stones (6,9% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point); and
• construction and building materials (12,4% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).