Wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for the third quarter of 2007 increased by 4.5% compared with the third quarter of 2006. Similarly, seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for the third quarter of 2007 increased by 1.1% compared with the previous quarter.
Wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for the first nine months of 2007 increased by 6.5% compared with the first nine months of 2006. Furthermore, wholesale trade sales, at constant (2000) prices, for September 2007 increased by 4.1% compared with September 2006. The 4.1% is marginally higher than the 4.0% growth in September 2006.
Wholesale trade sales increase at current prices: Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the third quarter of 2007 increased by 14.9% compared with the third quarter of 2006.
The 14.9% increase is lower than the 16.2% growth for the corresponding period in 2006. The major contributors to the 14.9% growth were dealers in machinery, equipment and supplies (+3.9 percentage points), dealers in food, beverages and tobacco (+2.9 percentage points) and dealers in other household goods except precious stones (+2.2 percentage points).
Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the first nine months of 2007 increased by 18.0% compared with the first nine months of 2006. Similarly, wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for September 2007 increased by 13.8% compared with September 2006.
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