IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for May 2015

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,8% year-on-year in May 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 3,6% in May 2015 compared with April 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of -6,0% in April 2015 and 3,0% in March 2015.
 
Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,3% in the three months ended May 2015 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for May 2015

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,0% in May 2015 compared with May 2014. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• food, beverages and tobacco (5,6% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point); and
• construction and building materials (14,9% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 1,5% in the three months ended May 2015 compared with the three months ended May 2014. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• food, beverages and tobacco (7,6% and contributing 1,2 percentage points);
• construction and building materials (15,2% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point); and
  • 'other' household goods except precious stones (8,3% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point).