IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for December 2016

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,0% in 2016 compared with 2015. In December 2016 wholesale trade sales increased by 3,9% year-on-year.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,6% in December 2016 compared with November 2016. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,7% in November 2016 and -0,9% in October 2016.
 
In the last quarter of 2016, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,5% compared with the previous quarter.
 

Sales at current prices: results for December 2016

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 11,0% in December 2016 compared with December 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• machinery, equipment and supplies (28,4% and contributing 3,4 percentage points);
• 'other' household goods except precious stones (17,6% and contributing 2,1 percentage points); and
  
• agricultural raw materials and livestock (28,3% and contributing 2,0 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 8,3% in the last quarter of 2016 compared with the last quarter of 2015. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• agricultural raw materials and livestock (44,2% and contributing 2,7 percentage points);
• machinery, equipment and supplies (14,3% and contributing 1,9 percentage points); and
• food, beverages and tobacco (6,0% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).