Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, January 2013

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 14,7% year-on-year in January 2013. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for new vehicle sales (20,0%), workshop income (16,5%) and used vehicle sales (15,4%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 11,3% in January 2013 compared with December 2012. This followed month-on-month changes of -6,8% in December 2012 and -3,2% in November 2012.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,2% in the three months ended January 2013 compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 10,4% in the three months ended January 2013 compared with three months ended January 2012. The major contributors to this increase were:

  • fuel sales (12,6% and contributing 3,7 percentage points);
  • new vehicle sales (12,4% and contributing 3,4 percentage points); and
  • used vehicle sales (10,0% and contributing 1,6 percentage points).