Press Wholesale turnover in the 3rd quarter 2017: 3.2% in real terms larger than in the 3rd quarter 2016

Press release No. 437 of 4 December 2017

WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the turnover achieved by wholesale enterprises in Germany in the third quarter 2017 was in real terms 3.2% and in nominal terms 5.6% larger than that in the third quarter 2016.

In September 2017 turnover in wholesale trade was in real terms 0.9% higher compared with the September 2016. In nominal terms the wholesale turnover increased by 3.6%.

The turnover in wholesale trade was in the first nine months in real terms 3.1% and in nominal terms 6.1% larger than in the comparable period last year.

Basic data and long time series are available in table Turnover in wholesale trade (45211-0004) in the GENESIS-Online database.

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