Wholesale trade sales up 3.2% y/y in March

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices)‚ wholesale trade sales increased by 3.2% year on year in March 2015‚ data from Stats SA showed on Thursday, 21 May 2015.

21 May 2015

Wholesale trade sales up 3.2% y/y in March

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1.8% in March 2015 compared with February 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of 2.3% in February 2015 and 0.1% in January 2015.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2.2% in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter.

Measured in nominal terms (current prices)‚ wholesale trade sales increased by 5.0% in March 2015 compared with March 2014. The major contributors to this increase were dealers in: food‚ beverages and tobacco (15.2% and contributing 2.4 percentage points); and 'other' household goods except precious stones (16.2% and contributing 1.6 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales decreased by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the first quarter of 2014. The major contributor to this decrease was dealers in solid‚ liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-15.2% and contributing -3.5 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales decreased by 0.4% year on year (y/y) in February 2015‚ Statistics SA data showed on Thursday.

Sales were measured in real terms using constant 2012 prices.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0.3% in February 2015 compared with January 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of 0.1% in January 2015 and 0.9% in December 2014.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0.9% in the three months ended February 2015 compared with the previous three months.

Measured in nominal terms (current prices)‚ wholesale trade sales increased by 0.4% in February 2015 compared with February 2014.

Wholesale trade sales decreased by 0.8% in the three months ended February 2015 compared with the three months ended February 2014.

Source: I-Net Bridge

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