WIESBADEN, Germany (AFX) - German wholesale sales fell a real 0.3 pct and were up a nominal 4.0 pct from a year earlier, the Federal Statistics Office said. Wholesale sales rose a real 0.2 pct and a nominal 0.7 pct in April from March. The real wholesale sales index rose to 104.3 in April from 104.1 in March and fell from 100.7 in April 2000 (1995 equals 100). The nominal wholesale sales index rose to 110.3 in April from 109.5 in March, and rose from 102.8 in April 2000. Only two areas achieved both real and nominal increases in March compared to a year earlier -- foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco, which were up a nominal 9.1 pct and a real 3.8 pct, and agricultural commodities and livestock, which were up a nominal 13.5 pct and a real 7.1 pct, the statistics office said.