IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales decreased by 2,1% year-on-year in February 2019. Negative annual growth rates were recorded for:

• new vehicle sales (-7,3%);
• used vehicle sales (-3,4%); and
• workshop income (-0,2%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 1,3% in February 2019 compared with January 2019. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,8% in January 2019 and -4,2% in December 2018.

In the three months ended February 2019, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 3,9% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales decreased by 1,9% in the three months ended February 2019 compared with the three months ended February 2018. The main contributor was new vehicle sales (-7,1% and contributing -1,9 percentage points).