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

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for August 2017

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,4% in August 2017 compared with August 2016.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,1% in August 2017 compared with July 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,2% in July 2017 and 1,0% in June 2017.
 
In the three months ended August 2017, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,5% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for August 2017

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,5% in August 2017 compared with August 2016. The main contributor to this increase was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (10,0% and contributing 1,8 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 1,7% in the three months ended August 2017 compared with the three months ended August 2016. The main positive contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (5,1% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point); and
  • fee or contract basis (21,0% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point).