Press release No. 198 of 3 June 2020
Wholesale turnover, March 2020
-1.7% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
-2.0% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
Wholesale turnover, first quarter 2020
+4.4% on the same quarter a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
+3.4% on the same quarter a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the turnover achieved by wholesale trade in Germany in the first quarter 2020 was in real terms 4.4% and in nominal terms 3.4% larger than that in the first quarter 2019.
In March 2020 turnover in wholesale trade was in real terms 8.3% and in nominal terms 6.5% higher than in the corresponding month of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (X13 JDemetra+), the March 2020 turnover was in real terms 1.7% and in nominal terms 2.0% lower than in February 2020.
Basic data and long time series are available in table Turnover in wholesale trade (45211-0004) in the GENESIS-Online database.
