According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office, the turnover achieved by wholesale trade in Germany in May 2006 increased 11.1 percent in nominal terms and 6.9 percent in real terms compared with the corresponding month in the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Berlin Method 4.1 - BV 4.1), the May 2006 turnover was in nominal terms 0.8 percent larger and in real terms 0.4 percent smaller than that in the preceding month.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in wholesale trade increased 6.8 percent in nominal terms and 3.7 percent in real terms in the first five months of 2006.
Federal Statistical Office Germany
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