IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for July 2016

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 1,2% in July 2016 compared with July 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,3% in July 2016 compared with June 2016. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,4% in June 2016 and 2,3% in May 2016.
 
In the three months ended July 2016, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,4% compared with the previous three months.
 

Sales at current prices: results for July 2016

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 8,2% in July 2016 compared with July 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• agricultural raw materials and livestock (95,1% and contributing 5,0 percentage points); and
  
• machinery, equipment and supplies (35,5% and contributing 4,4 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 9,2% in the three months ended July 2016 compared with the three months ended July 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• agricultural raw materials and livestock (82,2% and contributing 4,3 percentage points); and
  
• machinery, equipment and supplies (25,0% and contributing 3,2 percentage points).