IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for November 2018

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2,1% in November 2018 compared with November 2017.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,3% in November 2018 compared with October 2018. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,4% in October 2018 and 1,4% in September 2018.

In the three months ended November 2018, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2,1% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for November 2018

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 10,0% in November 2018 compared with November 2017. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (23,5% and contributing 4,7 percentage points);
• machinery, equipment and supplies (29,6% and contributing 3,7 percentage points); and
• food, beverages and tobacco (12,3% and contributing 1,7 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 12,6% in the three months ended November 2018 compared with the three months ended November 2017. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

• solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (31,8% and contributing 6,5 percentage points);
• machinery, equipment and supplies (23,5% and contributing 2,9 percentage points);
• food, beverages and tobacco (7,5% and contributing 1,1 percentage points); and
• 'other' household goods except precious stones (7,2% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).