Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, February 2017

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 1,4% year-on-year in February 2017. The largest annual growth rates were recorded for:
• used vehicle sales (4,9%); and
• fuel sales (3,7%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,0% in February 2017 compared with January 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,2% in January 2017 and 1,6% in December 2016.

In the three months ended February 2017, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 2,6% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 3,0% in the three months ended February 2017 compared with the three months ended February 2016. The main contributors were:
• fuel sales (6,7% and contributing 1,7 percentage points); and
• used vehicle sales (7,8% and contributing 1,4 percentage points).