Wholesale & Retail Trade

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In the first quarter of 2025, the volume index of Wholesale & retail trade recorded a year-on-year increase of 4.3 per cent, reaching 159.4 points. This growth was mainly supported by strong performances in the Wholesale trade and Retail trade sub-sectors, which expanded by 5.4 per cent and 5.2 per cent, respectively. In contrast, the Motor vehicles sub-sector registered a decline of -3.6 per cent. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, however, the overall volume index posted a marginal contraction of -0.3 per cent compared to the preceding quarter.

For seasonally adjusted volume index, Wholesale & retail trade sector rebounded 1.5 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. The increase was driven by Retail trade (2.4%) and Wholesale trade (1.1%).

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