Short-term indicators
Wholesale trade

Turnover in wholesale trade by selected branches of economic activity
in nominal terms
% changes on the previous year
Year, month Wholesale1 of Other specialised
wholesale1
Non-specialised
wholesale1 trade
food, beverages
and tobacco
household
goods
information and
communication equipment
other machinery,
equipment
and supplies
1: Excluding turnover (value added) tax.
2025 Feb 3.5 1.4 -4.3 -8.4 1.8 -1.0
Jan 6.5 4.9 -2.7 -5.1 1.6 4.8
2024 Dec 5.4 1.8 -2.3 -4.8 -0.5 -0.4
Nov 0.0 0.1 -2.8 -5.1 -5.2 -0.7
Oct 8.0 8.2 -0.6 -4.1 -3.6 5.6
Sep 2.3 0.8 -7.3 -4.4 -5.1 -4.3
Aug 0.3 -5.3 -13.7 -8.7 -5.9 -4.3
Jul 7.9 7.9 -0.6 -1.2 4.0 3.7
Jun -4.1 -2.1 -10.2 -14.5 -5.6 -9.3
May 0.1 1.0 -11.8 -14.8 -6.5 -2.5
Apr 9.9 14.2 2.8 3.7 10.1 3.0
Mar -4.4 -8.4 -18.8 -18.7 -14.3 -13.5
Feb 7.7 6.9 -5.7 -4.7 -5.4 -11.8
Jan 5.5 4.2 -7.1 -7.5 -10.8 -11.7
2023 Dec -3.1 -3.9 -10.2 -7.9 -13.2 -20.5
Nov 2.8 0.3 -8.0 -10.0 -13.8 -17.2
Oct 4.5 3.5 -9.9 0.9 -13.5 -10.6
Sep 3.1 -1.2 -10.6 -8.9 -18.7 -10.1
Aug 3.9 3.3 -9.9 -0.1 -17.6 -12.7
Jul 5.2 3.0 -6.9 4.1 -18.8 -14.4
Jun 8.4 3.5 -2.5 10.2 -15.6 -7.8
May 10.5 -0.1 -3.7 9.2 -17.6 -7.6
Apr 0.8 -1.6 -6.6 5.9 -19.2 -6.8
Mar 13.9 1.9 5.4 12.7 -16.6 -1.2
Feb 12.7 2.5 1.5 13.9 -5.9 5.2
Jan 15.2 3.0 6.3 23.4 3.4 12.2
2022 Dec 13.3 0.5 7.8 -14.0 3.2 15.7
Nov 15.4 6.2 12.5 22.8 14.0 13.7
Oct 13.3 2.7 4.9 19.3 17.9 15.8
Sep 14.3 8.4 9.5 19.1 29.0 17.1
Aug 18.9 12.8 16.7 27.6 36.7 19.3
Jul 13.8 6.5 9.2 17.2 29.3 16.6
Jun 15.3 5.0 12.5 17.5 31.1 14.9
May 20.1 15.1 16.3 26.1 44.3 21.4
Apr 22.0 1.7 6.6 15.8 38.9 15.6
Mar 9.0 5.0 9.2 17.3 47.2 18.3
Feb 15.3 13.2 11.3 25.8 48.1 23.8
Jan 17.8 17.9 14.2 24.4 46.6 27.7
2021 Dec 7.1 11.9 6.9 45.9 29.6 8.8
Nov 13.2 8.8 3.6 10.1 33.6 18.0
Oct 1.7 3.8 3.4 2.0 27.3 6.2
Sep 3.1 4.7 10.4 14.8 23.3 4.8
Aug 4.1 9.9 13.5 13.0 26.3 10.9
Jul -2.5 5.4 5.7 6.2 19.6 7.1
Jun 1.8 11.6 9.0 12.9 30.3 10.1
May 1.7 9.2 10.7 13.1 28.9 5.9
Apr -3.4 27.7 16.3 16.6 23.6 1.7
Mar 5.6 14.3 7.0 8.3 10.0 0.1
Feb -5.7 -1.2 4.1 -6.0 -6.4 -1.4
Jan -11.6 -5.6 -1.9 -13.2 -13.9 -7.0
2020 Dec 4.1 13.7 8.2 13.0 4.8 8.4
Nov -2.0 7.2 8.5 2.7 -3.8 1.9
Oct 1.6 5.0 12.0 -1.6 -6.8 1.0
Sep 6.6 7.7 10.2 -1.8 -5.0 4.3
Aug 0.2 0.6 7.9 -8.2 -10.7 -3.4
Jul 0.2 3.5 8.0 -8.4 -10.6 -2.4
Jun 5.6 10.5 9.9 -0.8 -3.7 6.6
May -5.2 -3.9 -4.8 -17.5 -20.3 -4.2
Apr -5.5 -10.8 -5.8 -15.2 -16.0 -2.1
Mar 10.1 5.5 6.4 0.6 2.0 15.2
Feb 1.9 4.3 4.7 -4.0 -1.0 4.6
Jan 2.5 2.8 2.6 -6.5 -0.8 -5.6

As at 28 April 2025