Wholesale trade turnover rises 3.9% on July 31

 

In this context, the increase was determined by the activities carried out in the wholesale trade of computer and telecommunications equipment (+ 16.6%), the wholesale trade of raw agricultural products and live animals (+ 15.7%), the non-specialized wholesale trade (+ 5.7%), specialized wholesale trade in other products (+ 3.8%), wholesale trade in consumer goods other than food (+ 2.9%) and wholesale trade in goods food, beverages and tobacco (+ 1.4%).

 

On the other hand, as a gross series, there were decreases in intermediation activities in wholesale trade (-7.3%) and wholesale trade in other machinery, equipment and supplies (-3.4%).

 

According to the INS, the turnover in wholesale trade (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), as a series adjusted according to the number of working days and seasonality, increased between January 1 and July 31, 2020 by 2.5%, compared to the same period in 2019.

 

At the comparative level of July 2020 - July 2019, the wholesale trade business, without taking into account the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles, as a gross series, increased overall by 3.4%, due to the wholesale trade of computer equipment and telecommunications (+ 23.3%), intermediation activities in wholesale trade (+ 16.2%), non-specialized wholesale trade (+ 8.1%), wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (+ 7.6%), specialized wholesale of other products (+5.2%) and wholesale of consumer goods, other than food (+ 2.0%).

 

At the same time, there were decreases in the wholesale trade of raw agricultural products and live animals (-17.3%) and in the wholesale trade of other machinery, equipment and supplies (-5%).

 

At the same time, as an adjusted series, the turnover in the wholesale trade (except for the trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased in July 2020 by 5.3%, compared to the same month of the previous year.

 

The INS data show that in the seventh month of this year compared to June 2020, wholesale turnover increased overall as a gross series (+ 11.2%) and as an adjusted series (+2, 2%).