Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, May 2009

Motor trade sales decrease

Motor trade sales for the three months ended May 2009 decreased by 15,1% compared with the three months ended May 2008, while sales  for the corresponding period in 2008 increased by 6,3%.

The major contributors to the decrease of 15,1% were new vehicle sales (-36,9% and contributing -11,2 percentage points) and fuel sales  (-12,6% and contributing -3,2 percentage points).

Motor trade sales for May 2009 decreased by 16,0% compared with May 2008, while sales for the corresponding period in 2008 increased by 1,2%.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales for the three months ended May 2009 decreased by 2,8% compared with the three months ended February 2009.