Sales at constant 2019 prices: results for July 2024

Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 3,2% in July 2024 compared with July 2023.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,1% in July 2024 compared with June 2024. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,3% in June 2024 and -3,6% in May 2024.

In the three months ended July 2024, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,0% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for July 2024

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 0,7% in July 2024 compared with July 2023. The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·       food, beverages and tobacco (14,2% and contributing 1,9 percentage points); and

·       machinery, equipment and supplies (6,7% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).

Wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,1% in the three months ended July 2024 compared with the three months ended July 2023. The main negative contributor was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-13,8% and contributing -3,7 percentage points).

The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·       food, beverages and tobacco (4,5% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point);

·       machinery, equipment and supplies (3,7% and contributing 0,5 of a percentage point); and

·       ‘other’ intermediate products, waste and scrap (7,9% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point).