According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office, the turnover achieved by wholesale trade in Germany in September 2006 increased 3.6 percent in nominal terms and 1.1 percent in real terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations, the September 2006 turnover was in nominal terms 0.4 percent smaller and in real terms 0.2 percent larger than that in the preceding month.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in wholesale trade increased 6.7 percent in nominal terms and 2.9 percent in real terms in the first nine months of 2006.
Federal Statistical Office Germany