Key findings: P6141.2 - Wholesale trade sales, June 2022

Sales at constant 2019 prices: results for June 2022

 

Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 4,3% in June 2022 compared with June 2021.

 

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,2% in June 2022 compared with May 2022. This followed month-on-month changes of 3,5% in May 2022 and -6,8% in April 2022.

                                                                                                 

In the second quarter of 2022, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 5,6% compared with the first quarter of 2022.

 

Sales at current prices: results for June 2022

 

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 16,9% in June 2022 compared with June 2021. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (51,3% and contributing 11,4 percentage points); and

·        food, beverages and tobacco (16,7% and contributing 2,5 percentage points).

 

Wholesale trade sales increased by 15,0% in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the second quarter of 2021. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (46,3% and contributing 10,3 percentage points);

·        ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (39,4% and contributing 1,9 percentage points); and

·        food, beverages and tobacco (12,1% and contributing 1,8 percentage points).