Press release No. 069 of 1 March 2016
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the turnover achieved by wholesale trade in Germany in the fourth quarter 2015 remained unchanged in real terms (0.0%) compared with the fourth quarter 2014. In nominal terms the wholesale turnover decreased by 0.8%.
In December 2015 the turnover in wholesale trade was in real terms 2.7% and in nominal terms 2.4% higher than in the corresponding month of the previous year.
Compared with the previous year, the turnover in wholesale trade increased by 0.1% in real terms and decreased by 1.2% in nominal terms in the whole year 2015.