IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for September 2021

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,3% in September 2021 compared with September 2020.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,3% in September 2021 compared with August 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of 2,8% in August 2021 and -2,7% in July 2021.

In the third quarter of 2021, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,4% compared with the second quarter of 2021.

Sales at current prices: results for September 2021

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 10,1% in September 2021 compared with September 2020. The main contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (24,7% and contributing 4,7 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (13,9% and contributing 1,7 percentage points); and

·        machinery, equipment and supplies (8,3% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 10,6% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the third quarter of 2020. The main contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (21,5% and contributing 4,2 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (10,7% and contributing 1,4 percentage points);

·        machinery, equipment and supplies (10,2% and contributing 1,4 percentage points); and

·        ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (23,3% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).