IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for December 2021

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 6,6% in 2021 compared with 2020. In December 2021, wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,6% year-on-year.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,8% in December 2021 compared with November 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,3% in November 2021 and -0,2% in October 2021.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,1% compared with the third quarter of 2021.

Sales at current prices: results for December 2021

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 12,5% in December 2021 compared with December 2020. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (15,5% and contributing 3,1 percentage points);

·        food, beverages and tobacco (15,5% and contributing 2,8 percentage points);

·        agricultural raw materials and livestock (24,5% and contributing 2,1 percentage points); and

·        precious stones, jewellery and silverware (612,1% and contributing 2,1 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 14,4% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the fourth quarter of 2020. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (36,1% and contributing 6,7 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (34,1% and contributing 2,1 percentage points); and

·        food, beverages and tobacco (11,3% and contributing 1,9 percentage points).