Key findings: P6141.2 - Wholesale trade sales, April 2018

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for April 2018

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,6% in April 2018 compared with April 2017.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 3,2% in April 2018 compared with March 2018. This followed month-on-month changes of 3,1% in March 2018 and 0,3% in February 2018.
 
In the three months ended April 2018, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,5% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for April 2018

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,1% in April 2018 compared with April 2017. The main contributor to this increase was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (10,8% and contributing 2,2 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 3,9% in the three months ended April 2018 compared with the three months ended April 2017. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (15,7% and contributing 3,0 percentage points); and
  • fee or contract basis (21,1% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point).