IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for December 2015

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,0% in 2015 compared with 2014. In December 2015, wholesale trade sales increased by 0,6% year-on-year.
 
Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,2% in December 2015 compared with November 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,8% in November 2015 and -0,2% in October 2015.
 
In the fourth quarter of 2015, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,8% compared with the previous quarter.

Sales at current prices: results for December 2015

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 4,5% in December 2015 compared with December 2014. The main positive contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• food, beverages and tobacco (6,3% and contributing 1,3 percentage points);
  
• agricultural raw materials and livestock (15,3% and contributing 1,2 percentage points); and
  
• ‘other’ goods (10,3% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 4,6% in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared with the fourth quarter of 2014. The main positive contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• machinery, equipment and supplies (8,9% and contributing 1,4 percentage points);
  
• food, beverages and tobacco (7,6% and contributing 1,3 percentage points); and
  
• ‘other’ goods (13,4% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).