Sales at constant 2019 prices: results for January 2025

Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,3% in January 2025 compared with January 2024.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,1% in January 2025 compared with December 2024. This followed month-on-month changes of 2,0% in December 2024 and -3,1% in November 2024.

In the three months ended January 2025, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,8% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for January 2025

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,9% in January 2025 compared with January 2024. The main negative contributor was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-11,1% and contributing -3,0 percentage points).

The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·       ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (11,3% and contributing 1,2 percentage points);

·       fee or contract basis (24,9% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point); and

·       ‘other’ goods (7,0% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point).

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Wholesale trade sales in nominal terms (current prices) decreased by 4,2% in the three months ended January 2025 compared with the three months ended January 2024. The main negative contributor was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-26,1% and contributing -7,3 percentage points).

The main positive contributors were dealers in:

·       ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (8,4% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point);

·       ‘other’ goods (7,7% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point); and

·       food, beverages and tobacco (2,9% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point).