2021-06-09 09:05:24 GMT2021-06-09 17:05:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WELLINGTON, June 9 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's wholesale trade sales rose 3.7 percent, or 1.1 billion NZ dollars (790 million U.S. dollars), in the March 2021 quarter, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Wednesday.
The increases in the March quarter followed a 1.7 percent fall in the December 2020 quarter, business insights manager Sue Chapman said in a statement.
Leading the rise in wholesale trade sales in the March 2021 quarter was the motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts industry, Chapman said.
"Wholesale trade sales of motor vehicles took a tumble in the COVID-affected June quarter. However, the increase in the March 2021 quarter, has lifted the year-ended March 2021 sales to just shy of the previous year's level," she said.