IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for March 2016

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 1,8% in March 2016 compared with March 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 3,6% in March 2016 compared with February 2016. This followed month-on-month changes of 3,8% in February 2016 and -1,8% in January 2016.
 
In the first quarter of 2016, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,7% compared with the previous quarter.
 

Sales at current prices: results for March 2016

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 9,4% in March 2016 compared with March 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• machinery, equipment and supplies (23,3% and contributing 4,3 percentage points);
• agricultural raw materials and livestock (57,0% and contributing 3,5 percentage points); and
• food, beverages and tobacco (13,7% and contributing 2,2 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 8,7% in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the first quarter of 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• machinery, equipment and supplies (23,4% and contributing 4,1 percentage points);
• agricultural raw materials and livestock (46,2% and contributing 3,0 percentage points); and
• food, beverages and tobacco (10,5% and contributing 1,6 percentage points).