IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for June 2021

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 10,3% in June 2021 compared with June 2020.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 5,1% in June 2021 compared with May 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of 6,3% in May 2021 and -1,5% in April 2021.

In the second quarter of 2021, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,9% compared with the first quarter of 2021.

Sales at current prices: results for June 2021

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 22,4% in June 2021 compared with June 2020. The main contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (58,5% and contributing 10,1 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (20,3% and contributing 3,0 percentage points);

·        food, beverages and tobacco (11,2% and contributing 1,9 percentage points); and

·        ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (38,1% and contributing 1,7 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 45,8% in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the second quarter of 2020. The main contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (96,0% and contributing 16,1 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (37,0% and contributing 5,4 percentage points);

·        construction and building materials (122,0% and contributing 4,8 percentage points); and

·        food, beverages and tobacco (19,3% and contributing 3,6 percentage points).