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

Motor trade sales

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 2,6% year-on-year in December 2013. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for workshop income (5,1%), fuel sales (4,3%), sales of accessories (2,8%) and used vehicle sales (2,3%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 2,6% in December 2013 compared with November 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,0% in November 2013 and 0,8% in October 2013.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 2,5% in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter.

Motor trade sales increased by 2,8% in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with the fourth quarter of 2012. The major contributors to this increase were:
• fuel sales (5,7% and contributing 1,6 percentage points);
• new vehicle sales (2,7% and contributing 0,7 percentage points; and
• sales of accessories (2,2% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point).