Wholesale trade sales up 8.8% y/y in July 2015

Wholesale trade sales, when measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), increased by 8.8% year on year in July 2015, data from Stats SA showed on Thursday.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 2.5% in July 2015 compared with June 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of a 0.4% drop in June 2015 and a 3.6% rise in May 2015.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 0.4% in the three months ended July 2015 compared with the previous three months.

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 8.5% in July 2015 compared with July 2014.

Wholesale trade sales increased by 3.9% in the three months ended July 2015 compared with the three months ended July 2014.