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

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales decreased by 7,2% year-on-year in April 2017. Negative annual growth rates were recorded for:
• workshop income (-14,9%);
• new vehicle sales (-14,4%);
• used vehicle sales (-13,0%); and
• sales of accessories (-10,8%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 2,0% in April 2017 compared with March 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,3% in March 2017 and 0,8% in February 2017.

In the three months ended April 2017, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,0% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 1,4% in the three months ended April 2017 compared with the three months ended April 2016. The main contributor was fuel sales (8,9% and contributing 2,1 percentage points).