IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for February 2016

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 0,8% in February 2016 compared with February 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,7% in February 2016 compared with January 2016. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,5% in January 2016 and 0,4% in December 2015.
 
In the three months ended February 2016, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,8% compared with the previous three months.
 
Sales at current prices: results for February 2016

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 11,1% in February 2016 compared with February 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• machinery, equipment and supplies (22,4% and contributing 3,7 percentage points); and
  
• agricultural raw materials and livestock (39,5% and contributing 2,8 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 7,0% in the three months ended February 2016 compared with the three months ended February 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• machinery, equipment and supplies (17,1% and contributing 2,8 percentage points);
  
• agricultural raw materials and livestock (32,4% and contributing 2,3 percentage points); and
  
• food, beverages and tobacco (7,5% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).