IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for July 2015

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 8,8% year-on-year in July 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,5% in July 2015 compared with June 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,4% in June 2015 and 3,6% in May 2015.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,4% in the three months ended July 2015 compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for July 2015

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 8,5% in July 2015 compared with July 2014. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

·machinery, equipment and supplies (11,4% and contributing 1,7 percentage points);

·construction and building materials (27,1% and contributing 1,5 percentage points); and

·precious stones, jewellery and silverware (75,0% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 3,9% in the three months ended July 2015 compared with the three months ended July 2014. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in:

·construction and building materials (14,7% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point);

·machinery, equipment and supplies (4,8% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point); and

·'other' household goods except precious stones (6,0% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point).