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Monday, a report by Statistics New Zealand said the seasonally adjusted wholesale trade fell 0.9% sequentially in the second quarter, after a record 5.8% drop in the first quarter. Moreover, this was first time since the series began in March 1995 that the total sales fell for four consecutive quarters.
The decline in wholesales were mainly due to falls in ten industries, with petroleum product wholesaling falling 8.9%, for the fourth consecutive quarter. The declines were partly offset by a rise in six industries, led by motor vehicle wholesaling, rising 6.3%, for the first time since the September 2007 quarter.
Wholesales stocks fell 4.6%, following a 1.8% drop in the March quarter and a 3.6% fall in the fourth quarter, and represented the longest period of decline in stocks since the series began in 1995.
Meanwhile, on a yearly basis, wholesale trade dropped 7.6% in the second quarter, reversing a 2.1% rise in the first quarter.
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