IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for August 2019

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 4,0% in August 2019 compared with August 2018.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 7,0% in August 2019 compared with July 2019. This followed month-on-month changes of 9,1% in July 2019 and -0,9% in June 2019.

In the three months ended August 2019, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0,9% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: results for August 2019

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,4% in August 2019 compared with August 2018. The main negative contributors to this decrease were:

       ·          dealers in agricultural raw materials and livestock (-8,4% and contributing -0,6 of a percentage point); and

     ·          dealers in precious stones, jewellery and silverware (-20,0% and contributing -0,6 of a percentage point).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 3,1% in the three months ended August 2019 compared with the three months ended August 2018. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

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

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

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