Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, January 2015

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales decreased by 2,3% year-on-year in January 2015. Negative annual growth rates were recorded for fuel sales (-10,7%), workshop income (-1,9%) and new vehicle sales (-1,2%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 2,4% in January 2015 compared with December 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,1% in December 2014 and -2,9% in November 2014.

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 3,0% in the three months ended January 2015 compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 1,4% in the three months ended January 2015 compared with the three months ended January 2014. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • sales of accessories (5,2% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point); and
  • new vehicle sales (2,5% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).