IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for January 2022

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 7,3% in January 2022 compared with January 2021.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 4,9% in January 2022 compared with December 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,3% in December 2021 and 0,6% in November 2021.

In the three months ended January 2022, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1,7% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for January 2022

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 22,6% in January 2022 compared with January 2021. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (51,0% and contributing 11,2 percentage points);

·        food, beverages and tobacco (28,1% and contributing 4,0 percentage points); and

·        ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (56,6% and contributing 3,3 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 19,1% in the three months ended January 2022 compared with the three months ended January 2021. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (36,9% and contributing 7,3 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (47,5% and contributing 2,9 percentage points); and

·        food, beverages and tobacco (16,9% and contributing 2,7 percentage points).