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

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 6,5% year-on-year in October 2021. The largest annual growth rates were recorded for:

·       fuel sales (14,9%); and

·       new vehicle sales (8,1%).

 

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 0,8% in October 2021 compared with September 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of 2,1% in September 2021 and 13,6% in August 2021.

 

In the three months ended October 2021, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 5,4% compared with the previous three months.

 

Motor trade sales increased by 8,9% in the three months ended October 2021 compared with the three months ended October 2020. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • fuel sales (14,7% and contributing 4,1 percentage points); and
  • new vehicle sales (14,0% and contributing 3,0 percentage points).