Key findings: P6141.2 - Wholesale trade sales, February 2020

Sales at constant 2015 prices: results for February 2020

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,9% in February 2020 compared with February 2019.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 1,9% in February 2020 compared with January 2020. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,5% in January 2020 and -0,6% in December 2019.

In the three months ended February 2020, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,0% compared with the previous three months.

Sales at current prices: resuilts for February 2020

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 3,8% in February 2020 compared with February 2019. The main contributor to this increase was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (8,7% and contributing 2,1 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 5,6% in the three months ended February 2020 compared with the three months ended February 2019. The main contributors to this increase were dealers in:

  • solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (10,7% and contributing 2,7 percentage points); and
  • food, beverages and tobacco (9,8% and contributing 1,6 percentage points).