IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for November 2015

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 3,9% year-on-year in November 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,4% in November 2015 compared with October 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,2% in October 2015 and 1,4% in September 2015.

In the three months ended November 2015, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,5% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for November 2015

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 6,7% in November 2015 compared with November 2014. The main positive contributors to this increase were dealers in:

· 'other' goods (20,8% and contributing 2,0 percentage points);

· 'other' household goods except precious stones (14,8% and contributing 1,5 percentage points);

· agricultural raw materials and livestock (21,5% and contributing 1,5 percentage points); and

· machinery, equipment and supplies (9,3% and contributing 1,5 percentage points).

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

· machinery, equipment and supplies (8,3% and contributing 1,3 percentage points);

· 'other' goods (14,5% and contributing 1,3 percentage points); and

· food, beverages and tobacco (6,6% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).