In August 2026, EU wholesale trade value excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles rose 0.01% year on year, compared with 0.00% in the previous period.
Over the last six readings, the indicator stood at 0.03% in March 2026, then held at 0.00% from April through July before edging up to 0.01% in August, pointing to soft and narrowly range-bound momentum. Total exports on a cumulative year-on-year basis were 0.193%, versus 0.185% previously, a change of +0.008%; the wholesale trade year-on-year reading changed by +0.0103401 from the prior period. Based only on the current data, the reasons for these moves cannot be confirmed.
On a monthly basis, wholesale trade was 0.00% in August versus -0.00% previously, a slight positive reading in the same direction as the annual figure, with no evident divergence.