Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, November 2006

Motor trade sales for the three months up to November 2006 increased by 14,0% compared with the three months up to November 2005. The corresponding growth rate for the three months up to November 2005 compared with the three months up to November 2004 was 16,3%.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales for the three months up to November 2006 increased by 2,1% compared with the three months up to August of 2006.

Motor trade sales for November 2006 increased by 11,2% compared with the motor trade sales for November 2005.

Motor trade sales for the first eleven months of 2006 increased by 15,1% compared with the motor trade sales for the first eleven months of 2005. The 15,1%  growth is lower  than the 16,7% reported for the corresponding period  in 2005.