Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, December 2012

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 5,5% year-on-year in December 2012. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for fuel sales (9,7%), convenience store sales (7,0%), new vehicle sales (6,6%) and used vehicle sales (5,6%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 6,0% in December 2012 compared with November 2012. This followed month-on-month changes of -3,7% in November 2012 and 9,0% in October 2012.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 4,5% in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with the previous quarter.

Motor trade sales increased by 11,1% in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with the fourth quarter of 2011. The major contributors to this increase were:

  • fuel sales (13,9% and contributing 4,1 percentage points);
  • new vehicle sales (12,3% and contributing 3,3 percentage points); and
  • used vehicle sales (12,4% and contributing 2,0 percentage points).