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

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 4,4% year-on-year in October 2018. Positive annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • fuel sales (20,0%);
  •  sales of accessories (3,5%); and
  •  convenience store sales (1,7%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 0,7% in October 2018 compared with September 2018. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,7% in September 2018 and 2,2% in August 2018.

In the three months ended October 2018, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,8% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 4,1% in the three months ended October 2018 compared with the three months ended October 2017. The main contributor was fuel sales (21,3% and contributing 5,5 percentage points).