IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for May 2016

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 5,0% in May 2016 compared with May 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,6% in May 2016 compared with April 2016. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,6% in April 2016 and 1,2% in March 2016.
 
In the three months ended May 2016, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,5% compared with the previous three months.
 
Sales at current prices: results for May 2016

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 11,7% in May 2016 compared with May 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• agricultural raw materials and livestock (61,4% and contributing 4,2 percentage points); and
  
• machinery, equipment and supplies (24,5% and contributing 3,9 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 9,8% in the three months ended May 2016 compared with the three months ended May 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• agricultural raw materials and livestock (66,8% and contributing 4,2 percentage points); and
  
• machinery, equipment and supplies (14,7% and contributing 2,6 percentage points).