Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, September 2021

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 8,9% year-on-year in September 2021. The largest annual growth rates were recorded for:

·         new vehicle sales (15,6%); and

·         fuel sales (14,4%).

 

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 2,1% in September 2021 compared with August 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of 13,6% in August 2021 and -10,0% in July 2021.

 

In the third quarter of 2021, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 3,0% compared with the second quarter of 2021.

 

Motor trade sales increased by 7,3% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the third quarter of 2020. The main contributors to this increase were:

·         fuel sales (12,5% and contributing 3,5 percentage points); and

·         new vehicle sales (13,3% and contributing 2,8 percentage points).