Manufacturing News South Africa

Wholesale trade sales up 6,8%

Real wholesale trade sales at constant (2000) prices‚ increased by 6.8% year-on-year (y/y) in January after rising 3.4% y/y in December 2012‚ Statisitics South Africa said Thursday (14 March).
Wholesale trade sales up 6,8%

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 5.4% in January compared with December. This followed month-on-month changes of -4.1% in December and 1.1% last November.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 3.0% in the three months ended January 2013 compared with the previous three months.

Measured in nominal terms (current prices)‚ wholesale trade sales increased by 12.4% in January. The major contributors to this increase were:

  • Solid‚ liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (23.3% and contributing 5.5 percentage points);
  • Machinery‚ equipment and supplies (30.0% and contributing 3.6 percentage points);

  • 'Other` household goods except precious stones (19.0% and contributing 2.0 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 11.5% in the three months ended January compared with the three months ended January 2012.

The major contributors to this increase were:

  • Dealers in solid‚ liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (14.3% and contributing 3.3 percentage points);
  • Food‚ beverages and tobacco (15.5% and contributing 2.5 percentage points);
  • Agricultural raw materials and livestock (26.7% and contributing 1.5 percentage points);

  • Machinery‚ equipment and supplies (11.7% and contributing 1.5 percentage points).

Source: I-Net Bridge

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