Sales at constant 2019 prices: results for November 2023

Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 4,0% in November 2023 compared with November 2022.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 5,8% in November 2023 compared with October 2023. This followed month-on-month changes of -5,5% in October 2023 and -4,0% in September 2023.

In the three months ended November 2023, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 3,0% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for November 2023

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 0,4% in November 2023 compared with November 2022. The main positive contributor was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (4,8% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).

The main negative contributor was dealers in agricultural raw materials and livestock (-27,7% and contributing -2,5 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,6% in the three months ended November 2023 compared with the three months ended November 2022. The main negative contributors were dealers in:

·        solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-8,6% and contributing -2,5 percentage points); and

·        agricultural raw materials and livestock (-19,2% and contributing -1,5 percentage points).

The main positive contributor was dealers in machinery, equipment and supplies (14,7% and contributing 1,8 percentage points).