IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for January 2018

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,9% in January 2018 compared with January 2017.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,9% in January 2018 compared with December 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of -2,0% in December 2017 and 1,7% in November 2017.
 
In the three months ended January 2018, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,9% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for January 2018

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 4,3% in January 2018 compared with January 2017. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• food, beverages and tobacco (9,7% and contributing 1,5 percentage points);
  
• precious stones, jewellery and silverware (102,2% and contributing 1,4 percentage points); and
  
• machinery, equipment and supplies (9,4% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 4,0% in the three months ended January 2018 compared with the three months ended January 2017. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (9,4% and contributing 1,8 percentage points);
• food, beverages and tobacco (7,6% and contributing 1,3 percentage points); and
• precious stones, jewellery and silverware (61,3% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).