In addition, wholesale trade sales at constant 2000 prices for the three months ended October increased by 3.5% compared with the three months ended October 2009, while sales for the same period in 2009 decreased by 10.2%.
Seasonally adjusted wholesale trade sales for the three months ended October decreased by 0.3% compared with the three months ended July 2010.
Stats SA added that wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for October increased by 5.9% compared with October 2009, while sales for the corresponding period in 2009 decreased by 14.3%.
Wholesale trade sales, at current prices, for the three months ended October increased by 9.5% compared with the three months ended October 2009.
Stats SA noted that the major contributors to this increase were dealers in solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (19.7% and contributing 3.6 percentage points) and dealers in food, beverages and tobacco (14.2% and contributing 2.4 percentage points).
Wholesale trade began the year with major losses, posting a 10.9% y/y decline in January following -5.3% in December.
The declines then slowed to -2.1% in February then lifted 1.5% in March and 1.6% in April. Wholesale trade sales have shown positive growth since March.
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