Retail trade sales, at constant 2008 prices, for the three months ended April 2010 reflected an increase of 2,2% compared with the three months ended April 2009, while sales for the corresponding period in 2009 decreased by 5,1%.
The main contributors to the increase of 2,2% for the three months ended April 2010 compared with the three months ended April 2009 were retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (7,8% and contributing 1,4 percentage points) and general dealers (2,0% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point).
Retail trade sales, at constant 2008 prices, for April 2010 reflected an increase of 3,2% compared with April 2009.
Retail trade sales in nominal terms
Retail trade sales, at current prices, for the three months ended April 2010 compared with the three months ended April 2009 increased by 5,2%. The main contributors to this increase were general dealers (6,2% and contributing 2,5 percentage points) and retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (9,3% and contributing 1,7 percentage points).
Retail trade sales, at current prices, for April 2010 increased by 5,4% compared with April 2009, while sales for the corresponding period in 2009 increased by 4,1%.
Wholesale trade sales April 2010
Wholesale trade sales in real terms
Wholesale trade sales, at constant 2000 prices, for the three months ended April 2010 decreased by 1,1% compared with the three months ended April 2009, while sales for the same period in 2009 decreased by 10,3%. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales for the three months ended April 2010 increased by 3,3% compared with the three months ended January 2010.
Wholesale trade sales, at constant 2000 prices, for April 2010 decreased by 1,0% compared with April 2009.
Wholesale trade sales in nominal terms
Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the three months ended April 2010 increased by 3,0% compared with the three months ended April 2009. The major contributor to this increase was dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (23,1% and contributing 3,4 percentage points). However, this increase was partly counteracted by a decrease in dealers in machinery, equipment and supplies (-8,0% and contributing -1,6 percentage points).
Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for April 2010 increased by 4,4% compared with April 2009, while sales for the corresponding period in 2009 decreased by 13,9%.
Motor trade sales April 2010
Actual motor trade sales estimates
The actual motor trade sales estimates for the three months ended April 2010 increased by 15,3% compared with the three months ended April 2009. Sales for the corresponding period in 2009 decreased by 14,8%.
The major contributors to the increase of 15,3% were new vehicle sales (37,1% and contributing 8,7 percentage points) and fuel sales (14,4% and contributing 3,6 percentage points).
Motor trade sales for April 2010 increased by 20,3% compared with April 2009, the fifth consecutive positive annual growth rate recorded since December 2009.
Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales
Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales for the three months ended April 2010 increased by 5,8% compared with the three months ended January 2010, while sales between March and April 2010 increased by 3,0%.
