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

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 15,8% year-on-year in April 2013. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for workshop income (22,7%), new vehicle sales (21,7%) and used vehicle sales (20,2%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 11,7% in April 2013 compared with March 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of -3,1% in March 2013 and -3,5% in February 2013.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 2,7% in the three months ended April 2013 compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 9,4% in the three months ended April 2013 compared with the three months ended April 2012. The major contributors to this increase were:

  • new vehicle sales (13,3% and contributing 3,8 percentage points);
  • fuel sales (9,2% and contributing 2,7 percentage points); and
  • used vehicle sales (8,0% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).