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

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales showed no growth in 2015 compared with 2014. The largest contributors were:
• sales of accessories (8,2% and contributing 1,4 percentage points); and
• fuel sales (-9,2% and contributing -2,3 percentage points).

In December 2015 motor trade sales increased by 1,2% year-on-year. The largest positive annual growth rates were recorded for sales of accessories (10,4%), workshop income (7,1%) and used vehicle sales (3,5%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales remained stable between November and December 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,2% in November 2015 and -1,4% in October 2015.

In the last quarter of 2015, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 0,1% compared with the previous quarter.

Motor trade sales decreased by 0,3% in the last quarter of 2015 compared with the last quarter of 2014. The main contributor to this decrease was fuel sales (-8,6% and contributing -2,2 percentage points).