Sales at constant 2019 prices: results for February 2023

Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 0,8% in February 2023 compared with February 2022.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,9% in February 2023 compared with January 2023. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,2% in January 2023 and -3,7% in December 2022.

In the three months ended February 2023, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,9% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for February 2023

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 14,0% in February 2023 compared with February 2022. The main contributors were dealers in:

·        machinery, equipment and supplies (21,6% and contributing 3,1 percentage points);

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (10,5% and contributing 2,7 percentage points);

·        agricultural raw materials and livestock (37,9% and contributing 2,4 percentage points); and

·        ‘other’ goods (27,2% and contributing 2,0 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 13,2% in the three months ended February 2023 compared with the three months ended February 2022. The main contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (24,3% and contributing 5,9 percentage points);

·        machinery, equipment and supplies (14,8% and contributing 2,0 percentage points);

·        agricultural raw materials and livestock (24,3% and contributing 1,6 percentage points); and

·        ‘other’ goods (21,2% and contributing 1,6 percentage points).