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


Motor trade sales

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 0,7% year-on-year in November 2013. Positive annual growth rates were recorded for fuel sales (5,4%) and new vehicle sales (0,2%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 1,6% in November 2013 compared with October 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,1% in October 2013 and -1,1% in September 2013.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 0,6% in the three months ended November 2013 compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 3,8% in the three months ended November 2013 compared with the three months ended November 2012. The major contributors to this increase were:

  • fuel sales (8,4% and contributing 2,2 percentage points); and
  • new vehicle sales (4,2% and contributing 1,2 percentage points.