IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for March 2022

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,6% in March 2022 compared with March 2021.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,1% in March 2022 compared with February 2022. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,7% in February 2022 and 4,6% in January 2022.

In the first quarter of 2022, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 3,8% compared with the fourth quarter of 2021.

Sales at current prices: results for March 2022

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 20,1% in March 2022 compared with March 2021. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (50,7% and contributing 11,1 percentage points); and

·        food, beverages and tobacco (18,7% and contributing 3,0 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 21,6% in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the first quarter of 2021. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (53,1% and contributing 11,3 percentage points);

·        food, beverages and tobacco (17,2% and contributing 2,7 percentage points); and

·        ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (39,1% and contributing 2,3 percentage points).