Key findings: P6141.2 - Wholesale trade sales, June 2017

Sales at constant 2012 prices: results for June 2017

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,4% in June 2017 compared with June 2016.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,6% in June 2017 compared with May 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of -3,4% in May 2017 and 2,2% in April 2017.
 
In the second quarter of 2017, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,1% compared with the previous quarter.

Sales at current prices: results for June 2017

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 1,7% in June 2017 compared with June 2016. The main contributor to this increase was dealers in food, beverages and tobacco (14,1% and contributing 2,2 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 1,1% in the second quarter of 2017 compared with the second quarter of 2016. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • food, beverages and tobacco (9,7% and contributing 1,5 percentage points); and
  • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (7,2% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).