IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for July 2019

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 6,7% in July 2019 compared with July 2018.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 9,3% in July 2019 compared with June 2019. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,0% in June 2019 and -3,0% in May 2019.

In the three months ended July 2019, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,8% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for July 2019

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 10,9% in July 2019 compared with July 2018. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

·         machinery, equipment and supplies (24,0% and contributing 2,9 percentage points);

·         food, beverages and tobacco (11,9% and contributing 1,7 percentage points);

·         ‘other’ goods (23,7% and contributing 1,6 percentage points); and

·         fee or contract basis (38,6% and contributing 1,4 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 4,4% in the three months ended July 2019 compared with the three months ended July 2018. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

·         machinery, equipment and supplies (9,9% and contributing 1,2 percentage points);

·         ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (6,3% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point); and

·         food, beverages and tobacco (4,4% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).