Wholesale Trade Survey: September 2009 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  07 December 2009
Media release  – 
Wholesale trade decline continues

Highlights

For the September 2009 quarter compared with the June 2009 quarter (on a seasonally adjusted basis):

  • Total wholesale trade sales fell 0.8 percent ($154 million).
  • Total wholesale trade stocks fell a record 5.1 percent ($545 million).
  • The wholesale trade sales trend remains low, falling 10.4 percent since the June 2008 quarter.

 Graph, Industry contributions to the change in seasonally adjusted sales, change from previous quarter, September 2009 quarter.

 
Geoff Bascand 7 December 2009
Government Statistician  ISSN 1178-038X