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VOLUME INDEX OF WHOLESALE & RETAIL TRADE THIRD QUARTER 2023

In third quarter of 2023, volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade registered a growth of 5.0 per cent to reach 151.8 points as compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The positive quarterly growth was attributed to  Motor Vehicles with 11.2 per cent, followed by Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade with 6.1 per cent and 3.4 per cent, respectively. Meanwhile, for quarter-on-quarter comparison, volume index rose 2.5 per cent in this quarter.

For seasonally adjusted volume index, Wholesale & Retail Trade edged down -0.8 per cent as against the second quarter of 2023, dragged down by all subsector namely, Retail Trade (-2.8%), Motor Vehicles (-1.9%), and Wholesale Trade (-1.7%), respectively.

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