Key findings: P6141.2 - Wholesale trade sales, June 2016

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for June 2016

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,6% in June 2016 compared with June 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,4% in June 2016 compared with May 2016. This followed month-on-month changes of 3,0% in May 2016 and -1,5% in April 2016.
 
In the second quarter of 2016, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,8% compared with the previous quarter.
 

Sales at current prices: results for June 2016

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 9,6% in June 2016 compared with June 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • agricultural raw materials and livestock (78,3% and contributing 5,4 percentage points); and
  • machinery, equipment and supplies (19,0% and contributing 3,2 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 11,9% in the second quarter of 2016 compared with the second quarter of 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • agricultural raw materials and livestock (75,0% and contributing 5,0 percentage points); and
  • machinery, equipment and supplies (21,2% and contributing 3,6 percentage points).