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Wholesale prices up 3.1 per cent
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2014-04-11T10:00:00.000Z
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Wholesale trade, price index (discontinued), Q1 2014

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Wholesale prices up 3.1 per cent

Prices in wholesale trade increased by 3.1 per cent from the 4th quarter of 2013 to the 1st quarter of 2014, and are 4.5 per cent higher than one year ago.

Key figures for wholesale trade. 2005 = 100Published 11 April 2014
AverageChange in per cent1st quarter 2014Change in per cent
20132012 - 20134th quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 2014
Wholesale trade, total130.41.2135.63.1
Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals148.13.8147.93.1
Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco131.84.3140.56.4
Wholesale of household goods113.12.1115.30.7
Wholesale of information and communication equipment89.40.991.10.4
Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies124.81.7128.01.8
Other specialised wholesale145.5-1.6151.32.6
Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products164.4-2.4174.94.2

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Wholesale trade, price index

Prices in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 6.4 per cent from the 4th quarter of 2013 to the 1st quarter of 2014, and by 9.1 per cent over the past year. Higher prices of fish contributed to the increase within nutritional beverages and tobacco. Food products, beverages and tobacco account for about 30 per cent of turnover within the wholesale trade.

Prices of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels increased by 4.2 per cent from the previous quarter and were 4.5 per cent higher than a year earlier.

Household goods and goods for personal use had a rise of 0.7 per cent last quarter and 3.2 per cent last year. Prices of clothing and footwear went up by 0.3 per cent last quarter and increased by 1.9 per cent in the last year.