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

Actual motor trade sales estimates

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales decreased by 1,6% year-on-year in June 2019. The largest negative annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • new vehicle sales (-3,9%);
  • workshop income (-2,9%); and
  • used vehicle sales (-2,6%).

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

In the second quarter of 2019, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 3,5% compared with the previous quarter.

Motor trade sales increased by 3,1% in the second quarter of 2019 compared with the second quarter of 2018. The main contributors were:

  • fuel sales (5,1% and contributing 1,4 percentage points); and
  • sales of accessories (5,6% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).