BMBI: Merchant Value And Volume Sales Fell In April

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales down by -9.0% in April compared to the same month in 2022. Volume fell -20.2% with price inflation of +14.0%. Taking trading day differences into account, like-for-like sales were -4.0% lower as April 2023 had one less trading day than the same month in the previous year.
 
Seven of the twelve categories sold more this year than in April 2022. Renewables & Water Saving (+55.4%) was the strongest performing category by some margin, followed by Decorating (+8.3%) and Plumbing, Heating & Electrical (+5.3%). Timber & Joinery Products (-20.6%) and Landscaping (-23.3%) were the weakest.
 
Month-on-month, total merchant sales were down -12.7% in April compared to March 2023. Volume sales were down -11.9% with prices registering a small decline (-0.9%). But with five less trading days in April, like-for-like value sales were up +11.6%. Landscaping (+3.3%) was the only category to sell more, while Plumbing, Heating & Electrical (-22.6%) and Workwear and Safetywear (-26.7%) were the worst performing categories.

Download the BMBI April 2023 report here

Source : BMBI

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