December real wholesale trade sales up

Wholesale trade sales at constant (2012) prices increased by 6.6% year on year (y/y) in December compared with a 5.7% y/y increase in November‚ Statistics SA data showed on Thursday, 13 February 2014.

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Measured in real terms‚ seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0.8% in December 2013 compared with November 2013 following month-on-month changes of 1.0% in November 2013 and 1.0% in October 2013.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter.

Measured in nominal terms (current prices)‚ wholesale trade sales increased by 13.1% in December 2013 compared with December 2012.

The major contributors to this increase were dealers in solid‚ liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (20.8% and contributing 4.6 percentage points); food‚ beverages and tobacco (13.7% and contributing 2.7 percentage points); and machinery‚ equipment and supplies (19.9% and contributing 2.4 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales increased by 12.3% in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with the fourth quarter of 2012.

The major contributors to this increase were dealers in solid‚ liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (13.6% and contributing 3.0 percentage points); machinery‚ equipment and supplies (17.8% and contributing 2.3 percentage points); and food‚ beverages and tobacco (9.0% and contributing 1.5 percentage points).