Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, May 2019

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 0,6% year-on-year in May 2019. The largest annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • fuel sale (4,7%); and
  • sales of accessories (4,4%).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 3,8% in May 2019 compared with April 2019. This followed month-on-month changes of 4,7% in April 2019 and 2,1% in March 2019.

In the three months ended May 2019, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 3,3% compared with the previous three months.

Motor trade sales increased by 1,8% in the three months ended May 2019 compared with the three months ended May 2018. The main contributor was fuel sales (8,4% and contributing 2,2 percentage points).