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August 2012 compared with July 2012 Volume of retail trade up by 0.1% in euro area Down by 0.1% in EU27

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STAT/12/141

3 October 2012

August 2012 compared with July 2012
Volume of retail trade up by 0.1% in euro area
Down by 0.1% in EU27

In August 2012 compared with July 2012, the volume of retail trade1 rose by 0.1% in the euro area2 (EA17) and fell by 0.1% in the EU272. In July3 retail trade increased by 0.1% and 0.2% respectively.

In August 20124, compared with August 2011, the retail sales index fell by 1.3% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU27.

These first estimates come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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Monthly comparison

In August 2012, compared with July 2012, “Food, drinks and tobacco” increased by 0.1% in both zones. The non food sector fell by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade rose in twelve, fell in seven and remained stable in Belgium and Bulgaria. The highest increases were registered in Luxembourg (+2.9%), Portugal (+2.8%), Slovenia (+2.2%) and Spain (+2.1%), and the largest decreases in Poland (-1.3%), Denmark (-1.1%), France and Lithuania (both -0.8%).

Annual comparison

In August 2012, compared with August 2011, “Food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU27. The non food sector decreased by 1.5% in the euro area, but rose by 0.5% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in nine and rose in twelve. The largest decreases were observed in Portugal (-6.0%), Malta (-5.4%) and Denmark (-3.5%), and the highest increases in Latvia (+10.0%), Luxembourg (+9.2%) and Estonia (+7.2%).

  • Based on data adjusted for working days and seasonal effects.

As announced in the News Release 19/2012 of 3 February 2012, the seasonal adjustment method has been revised in order to improve the consistency between European and national aggregates. Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data. Eurostat carries out the seasonal adjustment of the data for those countries that do not adjust their data for seasonal effects. See annex of News Release 19/2012 for further information.

The weights of the Member States in the EU and euro area aggregates can be found at:

https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/b17d3ca3-51cc-44ab-92a8-433592393a61

See file: EU27_EA17_NEWS_RELEASE_WEIGHTINGS_2005_nace2

More detailed data can be found in the short-term statistics database on the Eurostat website:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/short_term_business_statistics/data/database

  • The euro area (EA17) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The EU27 includes Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).

  • Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 126/2012 of 5 September 2012. The monthly growth rates for July 2012 have been revised from -0.2% to +0.1% in the EA17 and from 0.0% to +0.2% in the EU27. The annual growth rates have been revised from -1.7% to -1.4% in the EA17 and from -0.2% to 0.0% in the EU27.

  • Based on data adjusted for working days.

Issued by: Eurostat Press Office

Tim ALLEN

Tel: +352-4301-33 444

eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu

For further information on data:

Anastassios GIANNOPLIDIS

Tel: +352-4301-37 756

anastassios.giannoplidis@ec.europa.eu

Eurostat news releases on the internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

Selected Principal European Economic Indicators: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/euroindicators

Volume of retail trade

% change compared with the previous month*

Mar-12

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

EA17

Total retail trade

0.2

-1.3

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.1

Food, drinks, tobacco

-0.3

-0.4

0.5

0.0

-0.2

0.1

Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:

0.6

-1.8

1.3

-0.1

0.5

-0.7

Textiles, clothing, footwear

3.6

-8.2

6.2

-0.4

0.6

:

Electrical goods and furniture

0.5

-0.1

-0.2

0.6

-0.4

:

Computer equipment, books and other

0.8

-1.5

0.9

0.8

0.9

:

Pharmaceutical and medical goods

-0.2

-0.2

0.5

-0.5

-0.7

:

Mail orders and internet

-0.1

0.4

-0.1

1.0

1.4

:

Automotive fuel in specialised stores

0.7

-1.7

1.5

2.0

-0.8

-0.7

EU27

Total retail trade

0.7

-1.4

0.9

0.2

0.2

-0.1

Food, drinks, tobacco

-0.2

-0.5

0.6

0.1

-0.1

0.1

Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:

1.1

-1.6

1.2

0.3

0.4

-0.8

Textiles, clothing, footwear

3.4

-7.2

5.1

0.6

0.1

:

Electrical goods and furniture

1.0

0.3

-0.1

0.5

-0.4

:

Computer equipment, books and other

1.6

-1.9

0.8

1.1

0.8

:

Pharmaceutical and medical goods

0.0

-0.2

0.7

-0.5

-0.2

:

Mail orders and internet

1.1

2.0

-0.2

1.2

2.3

:

Automotive fuel in specialised stores

1.5

-3.0

2.1

1.0

0.1

-0.7

Mar-12

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

EA17

0.2

-1.3

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.1

EU27

0.7

-1.4

0.9

0.2

0.2

-0.1

Belgium

-0.6

-1.9

0.0

0.3

0.7

0.0

Bulgaria

4.6

-0.1

0.4

0.9

-0.2

0.0

Czech Republic

0.7

-1.3

1.0

-0.5

-0.3

c

Denmark

1.6

-1.5

-0.1

0.0

-0.2

-1.1

Germany

1.0

-0.4

-0.1

0.3

-1.0

0.3

Estonia

-2.2

1.1

0.9

-0.6

-0.1

0.6

Ireland

0.3

-0.7

2.0

-2.6

1.9

-0.3

Greece

-4.3

2.2

0.4

-1.0

2.0

c

Spain

-0.1

-1.9

0.2

-0.2

-0.6

2.1

France

0.4

-2.0

2.3

0.5

1.3

-0.8

Italy

-0.1

-0.7

-0.1

0.0

-0.3

c

Cyprus

0.1

-1.1

-1.0

0.9

-2.2

c

Latvia

0.6

-1.9

2.1

2.6

2.8

1.0

Lithuania

0.2

-0.1

1.2

0.4

1.4

-0.8

Luxembourg

2.8

-2.3

2.5

0.8

-1.7

2.9

Hungary

0.6

-1.2

0.0

0.0

-0.4

c

Malta

-1.1

-1.6

1.6

-1.5

-2.4

1.0

Netherlands

0.7

-1.9

0.9

-0.1

0.6

c

Austria

2.3

-3.8

2.7

-0.4

-1.4

1.3

Poland

2.3

-1.2

0.0

-1.1

1.6

-1.3

Portugal

-2.1

-2.9

3.4

0.0

0.5

2.8

Romania

1.2

1.1

1.1

-1.1

0.2

0.7

Slovenia

0.5

-2.9

-0.7

3.2

-1.0

2.2

Slovakia

-0.7

-0.8

0.5

-0.6

-0.6

0.3

Finland

-1.6

-1.8

1.8

-1.0

0.3

0.4

Sweden

-0.2

-0.2

0.3

0.0

0.3

-0.6

United Kingdom

2.2

-2.1

1.4

0.8

0.4

-0.4

Norway

0.6

-0.3

1.7

-1.4

0.0

-0.2

Switzerland

2.8

-1.3

1.0

0.1

-0.6

0.4

* Seasonally adjusted : Data not available c Confidential

Volume of retail trade

% change compared with the same month of the previous year*

Mar-12

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

EA17

Total retail trade

0.0

-3.5

-0.7

-0.8

-1.4

-1.3

Food, drinks, tobacco

-0.7

-3.4

-0.1

-1.2

-1.5

-0.9

Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:

0.9

-3.0

-0.6

-0.7

-1.0

-1.5

Textiles, clothing, footwear

2.9

-12.1

-1.9

-3.1

-3.0

:

Electrical goods and furniture

-0.7

-2.6

-1.6

-1.7

-2.1

:

Computer equipment, books and other

2.5

-0.2

0.6

1.8

2.2

:

Pharmaceutical and medical goods

1.3

-0.4

0.7

0.3

-1.6

:

Mail orders and internet

3.0

2.5

1.8

4.4

2.6

:

Automotive fuel in specialised stores

-5.0

-6.9

-4.8

-2.8

-3.2

-4.0

EU27

Total retail trade

1.1

-2.5

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

Food, drinks, tobacco

-0.3

-3.2

0.4

-0.5

-0.6

-0.2

Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:

2.7

-1.4

1.1

1.1

1.0

0.5

Textiles, clothing, footwear

3.5

-9.9

-1.4

-1.1

-1.7

:

Electrical goods and furniture

0.8

-0.9

0.1

-0.1

-0.6

:

Computer equipment, books and other

3.4

0.0

0.9

2.7

3.3

:

Pharmaceutical and medical goods

1.2

-0.2

1.4

0.7

0.0

:

Mail orders and internet

10.1

12.1

9.6

10.4

12.2

:

Automotive fuel in specialised stores

-4.1

-6.9

-4.5

-3.5

-3.0

-3.6

Mar-12

Apr-12

May-12

Jun-12

Jul-12

Aug-12

EA17

0.0

-3.5

-0.7

-0.8

-1.4

-1.3

EU27

1.1

-2.5

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

Belgium

5.6

-4.8

-2.5

3.7

-2.9

-1.4

Bulgaria

-1.8

-0.3

-1.8

0.4

1.6

0.9

Czech Republic

1.4

-3.3

1.0

0.0

-1.1

c

Denmark

-0.8

-3.5

-2.7

-2.0

-1.6

-3.5

Germany

1.6

0.1

2.0

0.2

-1.6

-0.8

Estonia

9.3

10.9

11.8

8.8

6.7

7.2

Ireland

-0.8

-1.7

2.0

-1.9

0.9

0.7

Greece

-16.1

-13.3

-10.0

-10.6

-9.1

c

Spain

-3.8

-9.9

-4.7

-5.3

-7.4

-2.1

France

1.3

-2.0

1.8

1.5

3.6

0.3

Italy

-1.0

-4.4

-3.6

-2.2

-2.6

c

Cyprus

-3.8

-5.1

-4.1

-2.8

-5.5

c

Latvia

10.3

7.6

7.6

8.8

10.4

10.0

Lithuania

4.3

3.2

5.2

3.1

6.2

2.9

Luxembourg

11.8

5.6

8.9

9.7

5.2

9.2

Hungary

1.5

-2.8

-2.4

-1.7

-2.5

c

Malta

-1.5

-3.4

-3.5

-4.3

-5.0

-5.4

Netherlands

-2.6

-5.4

-3.9

-2.6

-2.4

c

Austria

3.6

-2.9

2.8

0.3

-1.8

0.4

Poland

1.9

0.4

-0.1

-0.6

2.9

-0.3

Portugal

-4.6

-10.1

-4.5

-5.4

-7.4

-6.0

Romania

2.6

3.4

6.0

4.0

3.7

4.9

Slovenia

1.0

-3.4

-3.1

0.6

-1.7

-0.9

Slovakia

0.8

-1.9

0.6

-0.9

-2.0

-0.9

Finland

3.4

-0.9

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.9

Sweden

2.9

-0.1

4.1

0.8

2.6

1.6

United Kingdom

4.8

-0.3

3.6

4.2

4.4

4.5

Norway

4.5

3.5

5.2

3.3

3.7

1.6

Switzerland

4.8

0.2

6.3

3.3

2.9

5.9

* Working day adjusted : Data not available c Confidential

Deflated turnover for total retail trade
seasonally adjusted

(Base year 2005)

08/11

09/11

10/11

11/11

12/11

01/12

02/12

03/12

04/12

05/12

06/12

07/12

08/12

EA17

101.3

100.8

100.7

100.3

99.0

100.2

100.1

100.3

99.0

99.9

100.0

100.0

100.1

EU27

105.1

105.0

105.2

104.9

104.1

105.1

104.7

105.5

104.0

104.9

105.1

105.3

105.2

BE

106.1

105.4

106.0

105.9

107.7

107.6

107.3

106.7

104.7

104.7

105.0

105.7

105.7

BG

121.1

120.6

119.7

119.2

120.3

119.7

115.0

120.3

120.1

120.7

121.8

121.5

121.5

CZ

119.1

118.3

118.3

118.6

118.7

119.7

118.5

119.4

117.9

119.0

118.4

118.1

c

DK

95.2

95.0

94.8

94.5

95.0

94.3

93.1

94.6

93.2

93.1

93.1

92.9

91.9

DE

98.6

98.9

98.9

98.3

98.8

97.7

97.6

98.6

98.2

98.1

98.4

97.4

97.7

EE

108.0

107.8

108.1

110.0

110.3

114.6

116.2

113.6

114.9

116.0

115.3

115.3

115.9

IE

102.9

102.6

102.6

104.5

104.6

102.9

103.0

103.3

102.6

104.7

102.0

103.9

103.6

EL

85.4

82.8

80.3

80.1

76.7

78.7

77.8

74.4

76.1

76.5

75.7

77.2

c

ES

85.5

84.8

83.9

83.2

82.7

82.9

82.9

82.8

81.3

81.4

81.2

80.8

82.4

FR

116.1

115.6

116.0

115.7

114.5

115.6

116.0

116.5

114.2

116.8

117.4

118.9

117.9

IT

95.9

95.4

95.5

95.1

89.5

95.1

94.7

94.6

94.0

93.9

93.9

93.6

c

CY

119.2

118.4

117.7

117.0

115.1

117.0

118.1

118.2

116.9

115.7

116.7

114.2

c

LV

98.4

99.8

97.3

98.9

96.7

102.8

100.5

101.1

99.2

101.3

103.9

106.8

107.9

LT

104.5

105.3

106.0

108.2

107.5

107.8

105.1

105.3

105.2

106.4

106.8

108.3

107.4

LU

139.3

140.7

141.1

144.6

151.1

146.0

144.8

148.7

145.4

149.1

150.3

147.8

152.1

HU

93.8

93.8

93.7

93.7

93.7

93.4

92.8

93.4

92.3

92.3

92.3

91.9

c

MT

106.0

105.0

106.8

105.2

103.9

104.2

104.9

103.7

102.0

103.7

102.1

99.7

100.7

NL

99.9

98.2

99.1

99.2

98.2

100.0

97.3

98.0

96.1

97.0

96.9

97.5

c

AT

104.8

105.0

104.8

105.3

104.0

104.7

104.7

107.1

103.0

105.8

105.4

103.9

105.2

PL

142.2

144.5

146.2

144.4

145.1

145.1

141.7

144.9

143.2

143.2

141.6

143.8

142.0

PT

96.8

92.5

89.2

86.9

89.2

87.5

89.4

87.5

85.0

87.9

87.9

88.3

90.8

RO

144.1

143.4

146.5

146.6

149.0

150.0

146.2

148.0

149.6

151.2

149.5

149.8

150.9

SI

112.4

111.1

111.4

111.4

110.2

115.1

109.9

110.4

107.2

106.5

109.9

108.8

111.2

SK

107.9

107.8

107.6

107.6

107.2

109.3

109.3

108.6

107.6

108.2

107.5

106.8

107.2

FI

114.5

115.2

114.9

114.2

113.5

116.3

117.9

116.0

113.9

116.0

114.8

115.1

115.6

SE

112.4

111.7

112.4

113.4

113.4

113.7

114.8

114.6

114.4

114.7

114.7

115.0

114.3

UK

112.6

114.1

114.9

114.7

115.4

115.9

115.2

117.7

115.2

116.9

117.8

118.2

117.8

NO

121.7

121.0

121.3

121.1

120.6

121.8

123.4

124.2

123.8

125.9

124.1

124.1

123.8

CH

113.3

114.5

116.3

116.8

116.4

118.5

117.4

120.7

119.1

120.3

120.4

119.7

120.2

: Data not available

c Confidential

Deflated turnover for total retail trade
working days adjusted

(Base year 2005)

08/09

08/10

08/11

09/11

10/11

11/11

12/11

01/12

02/12

03/12

04/12

05/12

06/12

07/12

08/12

EA17

97.7

99.3

99.4

99.0

104.1

99.5

123.3

95.2

87.7

97.7

96.0

97.1

98.9

103.0

98.1

EU27

101.9

103.7

103.4

103.0

108.1

106.1

130.3

98.1

92.0

102.0

100.8

102.2

103.9

107.7

103.4

BE

96.9

98.7

98.9

104.0

109.6

100.0

129.7

106.1

95.3

110.3

103.0

103.0

106.6

106.0

97.6

BG

138.4

131.0

127.3

126.4

127.7

123.2

136.3

105.8

100.8

112.8

116.2

117.8

122.6

129.0

128.4

CZ

117.5

115.9

116.3

119.5

123.7

123.3

147.5

105.5

99.8

117.4

115.8

118.9

117.7

115.5

c

DK

100.8

99.0

96.0

89.9

94.7

93.9

119.2

88.5

78.7

92.2

93.7

96.5

93.5

92.8

92.6

DE

92.5

95.4

95.8

97.0

103.2

101.8

117.8

89.3

85.7

100.2

98.1

97.4

95.8

97.6

95.0

EE

105.5

108.4

114.8

105.3

109.2

105.8

127.4

101.7

99.4

108.2

111.2

120.4

123.0

123.7

123.1

IE

104.4

104.2

100.8

97.7

100.2

107.8

143.4

96.3

96.2

94.9

98.8

100.4

98.3

105.8

101.5

EL

97.2

85.9

84.3

80.7

80.8

78.0

90.6

79.4

79.2

69.6

75.8

70.1

72.4

79.1

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ES

89.5

86.2

82.5

82.6

85.7

79.9

97.0

87.5

72.2

80.4

76.5

79.9

81.0

86.8

80.8

FR

110.7

116.2

119.4

113.5

120.1

116.4

147.7

110.0

98.7

107.9

109.9

110.2

116.2

120.3

119.8

IT

88.4

89.5

89.0

94.7

100.2

89.0

119.0

88.2

84.6

92.7

88.7

90.6

93.2

101.1

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CY

113.1

114.3

114.8

111.9

110.8

104.3

138.8

102.2

106.8

115.9

125.5

115.3

134.2

119.3

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LV

96.2

98.8

106.1

101.8

100.2

94.9

112.7

93.1

86.9

95.4

94.2

99.8

105.4

112.4

116.7

LT

111.1

103.4

113.0

106.7

109.6

105.4

124.5

97.6

89.2

100.2

100.5

107.2

106.4

114.0

116.3

LU

103.2

115.3

125.0

134.1

143.6

153.9

205.4

142.8

126.1

148.9

139.8

142.9

145.0

146.0

136.5

HU

99.3

99.5

100.0

98.0

100.4

96.1

117.8

75.8

73.5

88.3

88.2

89.3

92.1

97.5

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MT

102.7

106.0

107.8

105.8

110.5

104.1

118.4

98.4

91.3

97.6

100.3

103.7

102.9

104.8

102.0

NL

100.4

101.2

98.6

96.2

100.8

99.7

112.7

94.9

84.6

97.1

94.7

99.8

98.7

99.5

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AT

99.2

100.7

100.9

102.9

108.6

105.8

128.5

98.8

93.2

108.4

102.3

102.4

101.7

104.6

101.3

PL

137.9

151.7

147.7

148.5

154.0

139.3

172.1

126.5

121.3

145.4

141.7

142.6

140.8

146.7

147.2

PT

104.6

104.7

100.4

92.6

89.7

86.6

118.9

80.1

75.9

84.3

80.3

85.1

84.0

92.2

94.4

RO

166.8

162.0

155.9

150.5

157.5

151.5

171.7

121.3

118.7

139.9

145.4

151.8

151.3

156.2

163.6

SI

106.6

106.5

112.4

113.9

118.4

108.3

125.0

104.7

95.2

109.8

107.6

106.1

111.2

111.0

111.4

SK

116.4

114.6

110.6

110.7

111.4

110.8

128.0

98.9

99.0

104.1

101.7

105.7

107.7

107.4

109.7

FI

111.1

116.2

118.3

112.2

115.2

112.5

141.7

104.7

99.3

109.1

111.5

120.4

123.0

122.4

119.4

SE

112.9

116.8

116.7

110.2

111.7

111.4

139.0

99.6

95.5

106.9

113.9

118.1

121.2

121.0

118.6

UK

107.6

108.9

108.1

108.7

114.6

125.3

149.4

105.8

104.6

110.6

110.3

112.3

114.3

117.2

113.0

NO

121.4

121.4

126.2

117.3

121.5

123.2

154.9

113.9

102.8

113.3

112.1

129.7

130.2

126.3

128.2

CH

107.0

109.1

107.7

108.5

118.2

116.5

147.8

114.7

101.0

123.9

114.4

118.4

119.9

122.9

114.0

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