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

Motor trade sales

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 4,1% year-on-year in August 2017. The largest annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • new vehicle sales (7,7%); and
  • used vehicle sales (6,1%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,6% in August 2017 compared with July 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,8% in July 2017 and -0,5% in June 2017.

In the three months ended August 2017, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 0,5% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 2,1% in the three months ended August 2017 compared with the three months ended August 2016. The main contributor was new vehicle sales (6,0% and contributing 1,5 percentage points).