Sales at constant 2019 prices: results for March 2025

Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,1% in March 2025 compared with March 2024.

Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,1% in March 2025 compared with February 2025. This followed month-on-month changes of -1,8% in February 2025 and 0,2% in January 2025.

In the first quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales decreased by 0,8% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024.

Sales at current prices: results for March 2025

Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 2,7% in March 2025 compared with March 2024. The main negative contributors were dealers in:

·       solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-14,0% and contributing -3,5 percentage points); and

·       machinery, equipment and supplies (-10,5% and contributing -1,8 percentage points).

The main positive contributors were dealers in:

 ·       ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (15,9% and contributing 1,6 percentage points); and

·       food, beverages and tobacco (5,0% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).

Wholesale trade sales in nominal terms (current prices) decreased by 3,6% in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the first quarter of 2024. The main negative contributor was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-16,8% and contributing -4,4 percentage points), while the main positive contributor was dealers in ‘other’ household goods except precious stones (11,6% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).