Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, November 2020

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales decreased by 4,3% year-on-year in November 2020. The largest negative annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • fuel sales (-17,0%);
  • convenience store sales (-11,0%); and
  • workshop income (-6,5%).

 

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,7% in November 2020 compared with October 2020. This followed month-on-month changes of -2,1% in October 2020 and 2,7% in September 2020.

 

In the three months ended November 2020, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 7,5% compared with the previous three months.

 

Motor trade sales decreased by 4,2% in the three months ended November 2020 compared with the three months ended November 2019. The main negative contributor to this decrease was fuel sales (-15,8% and contributing -4,6 percentage points).