IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for October 2015

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales remained stable between October 2014 and October 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,8% in October 2015 compared with September 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,4% in September 2015 and -0,8% in August 2015.
 
In the three months ended October 2015, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,4% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for October 2015

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 1,6% in October 2015 compared with October 2014. The main positive contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• 'other' goods (21,8% and contributing 1,9 percentage points);
• food, beverages and tobacco (8,8% and contributing 1,3 percentage points); and
• machinery, equipment and supplies (6,4% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).

Dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products decreased by 13,3% (contributing -2,8 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 0,7% in the three months ended October 2015 compared with the three months ended October 2014. Dealers in machinery, equipment and supplies increased by 8,8% (contributing 1,4 percentage points), while fuel sales decreased by 12,2% (contributing -2,6 percentage points).