Wholesale trade sales, at constant 2000 prices, for the three months ended January 2010 decreased by 10,7% compared with the three months ended January 2009, while growth for the same period in 2009 was 2,0%. Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales for the three months ended January 2010 increased by 1,0% compared with the three months ended October 2009.

Wholesale trade sales, at constant 2000 prices, for January 2010 decreased by 11,2% compared with January 2009.

Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the three months ended January 2010 decreased by 10,2% compared with the three months ended January 2009. The major contributors to this decrease were dealers in machinery, equipment and supplies (-20,4% and contributing -3,9 percentage points) and dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (-19,1% and contributing -3,6 percentage points).

Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for January 2010 decreased by 8,8% compared with January 2009, while sales for the corresponding period in 2009 increased by 5,3%.

Retail trade sales in real terms
 
Retail trade sales, at constant (2008) prices, for the three months ended January 2010 reflected a decrease of 4,1% compared with the three months ended January 2009, while sales for the corresponding period in 2009 decreased by 0,4%.

The main contributors to the decrease of 4,1% for the three months ended January 2010 compared with the three months ended January 2009 were all other retailers (-10,3% and contributing -1,4 percentage points), general dealers (-3,2% and contributing -1,2 percentage points) and retailers in hardware, paint and glass (-15,8% and contributing -1,1 percentage points).

Retail trade sales, at constant (2008) prices, for January 2010 reflected a decrease of 1,7% compared with January 2009.

Retail trade sales, at current prices, for the three months ended January 2010 compared with the three months ended January 2009 increased by 2,9%. The main contributor to this increase was general dealers (6,2% and contributing 2,3 percentage points).

Retail trade sales, at current prices, for January 2010 increased by 4,7% compared with January 2009, while sales for the corresponding period in 2009 increased by 12,4%.