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VOLUME INDEX OF WHOLESALE & RETAIL TRADE SECOND QUARTER 2024

Volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade registered a growth of 4.9 per cent to reach 155.4 points in the second quarter of 2024, as compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The positive quarterly growth was attributed to Motor Vehicles with 9.0 per cent, followed by Retail Trade and Wholesale Trade with 5.5 per cent and 3.1 per cent, respectively. For quarter-on-quarter comparison, volume index rose 1.7 per cent in this quarter.

For seasonally adjusted volume index, Wholesale & Retail Trade increased 5.3 per cent as against the first quarter of 2024, driven by all sub-sectors namely, Motor Vehicles (26.7%), Retail Trade (5.0%), and Wholesale Trade (3.1%).

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