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

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for December 2014

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,6% year-on-year in December 2014. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,6% in December 2014 compared with November 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of -3,2% in November 2014 and -3,9% in October 2014.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,6% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the previous quarter.

Sales at current prices: results for December 2014

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,1% in December 2014 compared with December 2013. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • food, beverages and tobacco (5,5% and contributing 1,1 percentage points); and
  • 'other' household goods except precious stones (12,6% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 0,8% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the fourth quarter of 2013. The major contributor to this increase was dealers in food, beverages and tobacco (5,5% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point