This is the unedited press release from Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland
WIESBADEN – According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) the turnover achieved by wholesale trade in Germany in March 2008 increased 1.3% in nominal terms and decreased 4.6% in real terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Berlin Method 4.1 - BV 4.1), the March 2008 turnover was in nominal terms 0.6% and in real terms 1.4% smaller than that in the preceding month.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in wholesale trade increased 9.3% in nominal terms and 3.7% in real terms in the first three months of 2008.
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