Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, July 2018

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 7,7% year-on-year in July 2018. The largest annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • fuel sales (23,3%); and
  • convenience store sales (11,2%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 1,0% in July 2018 compared with June 2018. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,3% in June 2018 and 4,1% in May 2018.

In the three months ended July 2018, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 0,2% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 5,6% in the three months ended July 2018 compared with the three months ended July 2017. The main contributor was fuel sales (17,5% and contributing 4,5 percentage points).