Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, July 2014

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 3,3% year-on-year in July 2014. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for fuel sales (7,3%), convenience store sales (6,0%) and workshop income (5,1%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 0,9% in July 2014 compared with June 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of 2,6% in June 2014 and -0,7% in May 2014.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,9% in the three months ended July 2014 compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 3,0% in the three months ended July 2014 compared with the three months ended July 2013. The main contributor to this increase was fuel sales (9,0% and contributing 2,4 percentage points).