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

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 8,7% year-on-year in October 2017. The largest annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • new vehicle sales (13,9%);
  • fuel sales (9,8%); and
  • used vehicle sales (8,4%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 2,3% in October 2017 compared with September 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,7% in September 2017 and 2,0% in August 2017.

In the three months ended October 2017, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 2,4% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 5,4% in the three months ended October 2017 compared with the three months ended October 2016. The main contributors were:

  • new vehicle sales (9,9% and contributing 2,5 percentage points); and
  • fuel sales (7,2% and contributing 1,9 percentage points).