Trade. 79% of wholesalers expect stable sales in the 4th quarter

The expectations of 79% of wholesalers show stability in the overall volume of sales for the 4th quarter of 2022 and a drop according to 12% of them, indicates the High Commission for Planning (HCP). This development would be mainly attributable, on the one hand, to the expected drop in sales in “Wholesale trade of food, beverages and tobacco” and “Wholesale trade of other industrial equipment” and, on the other part, to the increase in sales in “Other specialized wholesale trade” and “Wholesale trade in raw agricultural products and live animals”, explains the HCP in an information note relating to the results of the quarterly business tendency surveys non-financial market services and wholesale trade sectors.

Orders forecast for the 4th quarter of 2022 would be at a normal level according to 82% of business leaders and below normal according to 10% of them, said the same source, adding that employment would experience stable workforce according to 93% of wholesalers. In the 3rd quarter of 2022, sales in the Wholesale Trade sector on the local market would have been stable according to 65% of wholesalers and an increase according to 20%.

This change is mainly attributable, on the one hand, to the increase in sales in “Wholesale trade of household goods”, “Wholesale trade of other industrial equipment” and “Wholesale trade of industrial equipment”. information and communication” and, on the other hand, to the drop in sales in the “Wholesale trade of raw agricultural products and live animals”. Employment would have known stability according to 89% of business leaders.

Stocks of goods would have been at a normal level according to 90% of wholesalers and the trend observed in selling prices would have shown an increase according to 39% of business leaders.