IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales decreased by 3,7% year-on-year in February 2021. Negative annual growth rates were recorded for:

• fuel sales (-16,1%);
• workshop income (-11,5%); and
• convenience store sales (-7,5%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 3,4% in February 2021 compared with January 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,9% in January 2021 and 0,3% in December 2020.

In the three months ended February 2021, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 0,5% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales decreased by 5,0% in the three months ended February 2021 compared with the three months ended February 2020. The main negative contributor to this decrease was fuel sales (-17,2% and contributing -5,3 percentage points).