CAPE TOWN: Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), wholesale trade sales decreased by 0.8% year on year in May 2015, data from Stats SA showed on Thursday.
Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 3.6% in May 2015 compared with April 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of a 6% contraction in April 2015 and a 3% rise in March 2015. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales increased by 1.3% in the three months ended May 2015 compared with the previous three months.
Measured in nominal terms (current prices), wholesale trade sales increased by 2% in May 2015 compared with May 2014. Wholesale trade sales increased by 1.5% in the three months ended May 2015 compared with the three months ended May 2014.
