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November 2011 compared with October 2011 Volume of retail trade down by 0.8% in euro area Down by 0.6% in EU27

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STAT/12/4

6 January 2012

November 2011 compared with October 2011
Volume of retail trade down by 0.8% in euro area
Down by 0.6% in EU27

In November 2011, compared with October 2011, the volume of retail trade1 fell by 0.8% in the euro area2 (EA17) and by 0.6% in the EU272. In October3 retail trade rose by 0.1% and 0.2% respectively.

In November 20114, compared with November 2010, the retail sales index decreased by 2.5% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU27.

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

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Monthly comparison

In November 2011, compared with October 2011, “Food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU27. The non food sector decreased by 0.7% in both zones.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in thirteen and rose in seven. The highest decreases were observed in Portugal (-2.6%), Malta (-1.6%), Romania (-1.0%), Germany, Poland and Finland (all -0.9%), and the largest increases in Lithuania (+4.2%), Ireland (+2.0%) and Latvia (+1.9%).

Annual comparison

In November 2011, compared with November 2010, “Food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.5% in the EU27. The non food sector decreased by 3.0% and 1.1% respectively.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in ten and rose in ten. The highest decreases were observed in Portugal (-9.2%), Spain (-7.0%) and Bulgaria (-5.3%), and the largest increases in Lithuania (+14.1%), Latvia (+7.6%) and Estonia (+3.9%).

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

The seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the working day adjusted series from individual Member States and performing an adjustment for seasonal effects on these series. Therefore the European seasonally adjusted figures for total retail trade are based directly on the working day adjusted series coming from the Member States and not on an aggregation of the seasonally adjusted indices from the Member States. The euro area and EU seasonally adjusted growth rates might differ from the weighted growth rates of the individual Member States. This procedure also implies that the aggregation of total retail trade is not directly based on the published details (food, non-food, fuel).

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

http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/dsis/ebt/library?l=/sts_weights_public&vm=detailed&sb=Title

See file: EU_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 178/2011 of 5 December 2011. The monthly growth rates for October 2011 have been revised from +0.4% to +0.1% in the EA17 and from +0.4% to +0.2% in the EU27. The annual growth rates have been revised from -0.4% to -0.7% in the EA17 and from 0.0% to -0.1% 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*

Jun-11

Jul-11

Aug-11

Sep-11

Oct-11

Nov-11

EA17

Total retail trade

0.5

0.2

0.0

-0.6

0.1

-0.8

Food, drinks, tobacco

0.6

-0.7

0.4

0.1

0.1

-0.8

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

0.3

0.5

-0.2

-0.9

0.3

-0.7

Textiles, clothing, footwear

1.3

1.6

-1.5

-4.2

2.1

:

Electrical goods and furniture

0.2

1.4

-0.7

0.0

0.1

:

Computer equipment, books and other

0.5

0.6

0.7

-0.9

0.9

:

Pharmaceutical and medical goods

-0.1

0.2

0.2

-0.2

0.0

:

Mail orders and internet

-1.0

3.3

-0.8

-0.2

-0.1

:

Automotive fuel in specialised stores

-0.1

-0.5

1.1

-0.8

-1.4

:

EU27

Total retail trade

0.4

0.1

0.0

-0.3

0.2

-0.6

Food, drinks, tobacco

0.7

-0.5

0.5

0.2

0.0

-0.7

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

0.6

0.6

-0.2

-0.9

0.6

-0.7

Textiles, clothing, footwear

1.3

1.3

-1.5

-3.1

1.8

:

Electrical goods and furniture

0.2

0.9

-0.3

0.1

0.3

:

Computer equipment, books and other

0.3

0.1

0.6

-0.5

1.4

:

Pharmaceutical and medical goods

-0.1

0.1

0.2

-0.2

-0.1

:

Mail orders and internet

0.9

1.8

0.1

0.4

-0.4

:

Automotive fuel in specialised stores

-0.4

0.3

0.6

-0.7

-1.0

:

Jun-11

Jul-11

Aug-11

Sep-11

Oct-11

Nov-11

EA17

0.5

0.2

0.0

-0.6

0.1

-0.8

EU27

0.4

0.1

0.0

-0.3

0.2

-0.6

Belgium

-0.9

1.0

-0.3

-0.4

0.1

-0.3

Bulgaria

-1.3

-0.8

-0.1

-0.9

-0.8

-0.6

Czech Republic

-0.4

-0.3

0.1

-0.4

0.4

c

Denmark

0.9

-1.8

1.5

-0.1

-2.1

c

Germany

2.1

0.3

-0.6

0.9

-0.2

-0.9

Estonia

1.1

1.3

0.0

-0.3

-0.6

0.7

Ireland

0.4

-0.4

-0.2

-0.3

0.2

2.0

Greece

-0.3

2.7

0.4

-2.7

-2.4

c

Spain

0.5

0.4

0.2

-1.6

-1.0

-0.7

France

1.0

0.3

0.8

-0.4

0.4

-0.4

Italy

-0.1

0.0

-0.2

-0.6

0.1

c

Cyprus

1.6

-3.0

1.0

-1.5

c

c

Latvia

1.8

1.9

2.0

0.8

-2.5

1.9

Lithuania

1.7

0.1

2.9

0.8

-0.7

4.2

Luxembourg

1.3

0.0

0.5

1.1

1.7

-0.8

Hungary

-0.5

-0.2

0.4

0.0

0.1

c

Malta

-2.4

-3.4

2.2

1.0

0.9

-1.6

Netherlands

-1.6

1.2

-0.7

-1.5

0.8

c

Austria

2.6

-0.4

-0.3

0.1

-0.5

0.5

Poland

-0.6

0.1

2.0

1.6

1.4

-0.9

Portugal

1.1

2.9

1.0

-4.7

-3.0

-2.6

Romania

-0.4

2.0

-2.9

1.6

2.1

-1.0

Slovenia

0.6

1.4

2.5

-1.4

1.2

0.2

Slovakia

-0.2

-0.5

-0.1

-0.2

-0.3

-0.2

Finland

-1.0

0.4

0.0

0.7

0.4

-0.9

Sweden

2.2

-1.0

-0.4

-0.6

0.6

0.8

United Kingdom

0.7

0.2

-0.4

0.9

1.1

-0.4

Norway

0.1

-1.0

1.5

-0.6

0.8

:

Switzerland

7.9

-2.6

-3.9

-0.3

2.5

:

* Seasonally adjusted : Data not available c Confidential

Volume of retail trade

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

Jun-11

Jul-11

Aug-11

Sep-11

Oct-11

Nov-11

EA17

Total retail trade

-0.8

-0.4

-0.1

-1.2

-0.7

-2.5

Food, drinks, tobacco

-0.4

-2.4

0.2

-0.1

-0.3

-1.6

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

-0.7

1.7

0.4

-1.9

-1.0

-3.0

Textiles, clothing, footwear

1.1

2.3

-1.1

-8.4

-4.1

:

Electrical goods and furniture

-2.7

1.5

-1.3

-0.5

-0.3

:

Computer equipment, books and other

1.1

2.5

3.3

0.8

2.8

:

Pharmaceutical and medical goods

-0.3

1.0

1.8

0.0

-0.3

:

Mail orders and internet

-0.6

4.8

1.7

4.1

3.3

:

Automotive fuel in specialised stores

-3.9

-5.4

-2.9

-4.2

-4.5

:

EU27

Total retail trade

-0.6

-0.4

-0.3

-0.7

-0.1

-1.3

Food, drinks, tobacco

-1.2

-2.4

-0.2

0.0

-0.1

-1.5

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

0.3

1.3

0.1

-1.0

0.0

-1.1

Textiles, clothing, footwear

1.2

1.5

-1.5

-6.5

-3.3

:

Electrical goods and furniture

-2.5

0.8

-1.6

-0.5

0.0

:

Computer equipment, books and other

1.3

1.1

1.1

0.2

3.2

:

Pharmaceutical and medical goods

0.2

0.9

1.3

0.2

-0.3

:

Mail orders and internet

9.5

10.8

7.5

9.8

7.7

:

Automotive fuel in specialised stores

-3.1

-3.8

-1.9

-3.3

-3.5

:

Jun-11

Jul-11

Aug-11

Sep-11

Oct-11

Nov-11

EA17

-0.8

-0.4

-0.1

-1.2

-0.7

-2.5

EU27

-0.6

-0.4

-0.3

-0.7

-0.1

-1.3

Belgium

-4.6

3.2

0.2

-2.4

-0.4

-3.3

Bulgaria

-0.8

-2.8

-2.9

-3.0

-5.2

-5.3

Czech Republic

-0.8

-1.9

-0.6

-1.7

-1.2

c

Denmark

-2.8

-5.0

-0.9

-1.9

-5.9

c

Germany

1.0

1.2

0.2

1.3

1.2

0.8

Estonia

4.6

5.8

5.9

5.0

3.5

3.9

Ireland

-3.2

-2.6

-3.3

-3.3

-2.9

-0.4

Greece

-11.5

-3.9

-1.9

-6.5

-10.8

c

Spain

-8.4

-4.0

-4.4

-5.6

-7.0

-7.0

France

4.2

0.3

2.8

1.8

2.9

-2.0

Italy

-1.3

-0.5

-0.9

-3.3

-1.4

c

Cyprus

4.1

-1.3

2.3

0.1

c

c

Latvia

4.0

6.5

8.0

8.0

5.4

7.6

Lithuania

7.1

8.0

10.5

11.6

10.2

14.1

Luxembourg

7.1

5.8

5.3

7.0

8.8

2.2

Hungary

-0.6

-1.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

c

Malta

1.4

-7.1

-1.9

-1.4

1.2

-2.5

Netherlands

-3.1

-0.6

-2.7

-4.7

-2.5

c

Austria

0.0

-2.3

0.2

-1.2

-1.5

-1.5

Poland

-2.0

-3.9

-2.3

-0.7

-0.3

-0.2

Portugal

-5.6

-5.0

-4.3

-7.0

-9.7

-9.2

Romania

-7.8

1.4

-6.2

-4.6

2.9

1.7

Slovenia

-2.0

-0.1

5.7

2.2

2.2

2.1

Slovakia

-4.2

-4.3

-3.8

-3.7

-3.1

-3.0

Finland

2.2

3.5

2.2

2.2

2.8

1.7

Sweden

2.4

0.3

-0.1

-1.5

-1.0

0.2

United Kingdom

0.5

0.3

-0.4

1.3

2.2

1.8

Norway

3.6

0.9

4.0

1.3

2.4

:

Switzerland

7.9

2.8

-0.8

-1.4

-0.2

:

* Working day adjusted : Data not available c Confidential

Deflated turnover for total retail trade
seasonally adjusted

(Base year 2005)

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

03/11

04/11

05/11

06/11

07/11

08/11

09/11

10/11

11/11

EA17

101.9

101.3

101.4

101.6

100.8

101.5

100.3

100.9

101.0

101.1

100.5

100.6

99.8

EU27

105.5

105.1

105.3

105.4

104.6

105.6

104.3

104.8

104.9

104.9

104.6

104.9

104.3

BE

107.8

107.1

104.6

103.8

104.4

105.9

106.0

105.1

106.1

105.8

105.4

105.6

105.2

BG

123.7

123.6

126.4

127.2

126.7

126.9

125.8

124.2

123.3

123.1

122.0

121.0

120.3

CZ

118.7

117.5

119.8

120.4

119.3

120.4

118.8

118.4

118.0

118.2

117.7

118.2

c

DK

93.7

93.9

92.1

91.9

91.3

94.9

91.3

92.1

90.4

91.8

91.7

89.8

c

DE

97.2

97.7

98.6

98.4

97.3

97.7

96.5

98.5

98.8

98.2

99.1

98.9

98.0

EE

102.8

102.1

101.1

103.1

104.4

104.2

104.4

105.6

107.0

106.9

106.6

105.9

106.7

IE

105.4

104.1

104.7

104.0

104.4

103.8

103.1

103.5

103.1

102.9

102.6

102.8

104.9

EL

89.7

85.3

87.6

88.9

86.1

85.4

83.8

83.6

85.8

86.2

83.8

81.8

c

ES

89.5

87.8

87.6

88.6

86.2

88.4

85.4

85.9

86.2

86.4

85.0

84.2

83.5

FR

114.5

113.4

114.8

115.5

114.8

115.5

113.9

115.0

115.3

116.2

115.7

116.2

115.7

IT

97.1

96.9

96.9

96.8

96.7

96.5

96.2

96.1

96.0

95.8

95.3

95.4

c

CY

118.2

118.8

117.8

118.3

127.6

124.7

119.4

121.4

117.7

119.0

117.2

c

c

LV

92.6

91.2

90.1

91.7

92.3

91.6

94.2

95.9

97.7

99.7

100.5

97.9

99.8

LT

93.6

91.4

95.2

97.8

98.3

98.8

97.2

98.9

98.9

101.8

102.6

101.9

106.2

LU

132.1

128.8

130.5

130.9

128.6

129.9

129.6

131.3

131.4

132.0

133.5

135.8

134.7

HU

93.4

93.0

93.9

93.7

93.3

93.3

93.7

93.2

93.0

93.4

93.4

93.5

c

MT

105.3

99.9

105.2

102.4

105.3

102.0

106.1

103.6

100.1

102.3

103.3

104.2

102.6

NL

102.2

99.8

102.2

101.7

100.8

100.7

100.9

99.2

100.4

99.7

98.2

99.0

c

AT

106.7

106.1

104.8

104.7

104.5

104.9

103.1

105.8

105.4

105.1

105.2

104.7

105.2

PL

147.6

150.9

138.5

141.0

139.6

140.0

141.7

140.8

141.0

143.8

146.1

148.2

146.8

PT

95.8

99.1

94.5

97.2

91.8

94.2

91.9

92.9

95.6

96.6

92.1

89.3

87.0

RO

141.1

139.0

140.5

142.9

143.0

140.9

142.0

141.4

144.2

140.0

142.2

145.2

143.7

SI

110.6

108.8

112.1

111.4

109.0

110.1

108.3

108.9

110.4

113.2

111.6

112.9

113.1

SK

108.2

108.1

108.8

108.6

107.3

107.8

106.4

106.2

105.7

105.6

105.3

105.1

104.9

FI

113.1

111.9

113.2

112.3

112.5

114.6

115.5

114.4

114.9

114.9

115.7

116.2

115.1

SE

113.1

112.6

112.4

112.2

111.6

113.3

111.2

113.7

112.6

112.2

111.5

112.2

113.1

UK

113.2

112.3

113.8

112.5

112.8

114.2

112.7

113.4

113.6

113.1

114.1

115.3

114.9

NO

120.7

118.2

117.9

118.8

118.0

118.2

119.7

119.8

118.6

120.4

119.7

120.7

:

CH

114.4

113.5

111.2

116.0

116.2

117.0

112.7

121.6

118.5

113.9

113.5

116.3

:

: Data not available

c Confidential

Deflated turnover for total retail trade
working days adjusted

(Base year 2005)

11/08

11/09

11/10

12/10

01/11

02/11

03/11

04/11

05/11

06/11

07/11

08/11

09/11

10/11

11/11

EA17

102.1

99.8

100.9

125.6

96.2

89.4

97.7

99.5

97.7

99.6

104.5

99.2

98.9

104.0

98.4

EU27

106.7

105.4

106.8

130.3

98.3

92.9

100.8

103.4

101.8

103.6

107.7

103.3

102.9

108.1

105.3

BE

95.5

99.0

103.1

128.3

103.2

91.1

104.5

108.2

105.6

102.8

109.3

98.9

103.9

109.6

99.7

BG

153.5

139.3

132.6

141.7

110.2

109.2

116.4

118.8

122.9

124.4

129.7

129.5

129.9

130.3

125.6

CZ

128.3

122.9

123.3

144.6

104.6

101.8

115.7

120.0

117.6

118.1

116.8

115.2

119.1

124.1

c

DK

95.7

92.0

92.8

116.6

86.1

78.6

89.1

94.3

93.4

92.5

91.6

93.2

87.3

88.3

c

DE

103.9

100.6

100.8

117.0

90.7

87.0

98.6

98.1

95.3

95.1

99.3

95.5

96.7

102.7

101.6

EE

116.2

91.8

99.4

118.7

88.0

85.9

99.0

100.3

107.7

113.0

115.9

114.8

105.3

108.0

103.3

IE

113.8

107.7

108.3

141.9

98.7

97.6

95.7

100.5

98.4

100.2

104.9

100.8

97.7

100.2

107.9

EL

108.9

96.9

85.6

103.7

88.8

90.8

83.0

87.4

77.9

81.0

87.0

84.3

80.7

80.8

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ES

94.6

88.3

86.0

102.7

92.9

77.3

83.6

85.0

83.9

85.5

93.7

82.5

82.6

85.7

80.0

FR

107.7

108.4

114.9

147.1

109.2

98.5

106.6

112.1

108.2

114.6

116.0

119.4

113.6

120.2

112.6

IT

93.9

92.9

91.9

126.1

88.3

86.5

93.6

92.7

94.0

95.3

104.0

88.8

94.8

100.2

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CY

109.5

104.8

106.7

148.3

103.7

103.5

119.7

128.7

119.9

134.4

126.4

116.9

111.8

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LV

117.9

83.1

89.6

106.2

81.1

79.4

87.3

87.4

94.2

97.2

102.2

106.5

102.2

100.5

96.5

LT

120.3

87.3

90.8

108.2

85.1

83.1

93.2

95.6

98.8

99.3

104.7

110.3

104.2

106.3

103.7

LU

110.8

121.8

138.1

167.1

126.7

115.1

127.7

126.5

125.7

127.5

132.5

118.7

128.4

140.8

141.1

HU

103.2

95.1

94.8

115.8

75.5

74.6

87.0

90.7

91.5

93.7

99.9

99.9

97.5

100.3

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MT

95.7

102.5

103.5

114.9

98.9

89.4

98.9

99.4

105.2

104.3

106.9

104.3

104.6

107.3

100.9

NL

106.0

101.2

102.5

115.2

95.4

88.8

99.7

100.0

103.9

101.2

101.9

98.6

96.2

100.7

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AT

102.6

102.6

106.9

131.0

99.1

93.8

104.7

105.4

99.7

101.4

106.5

100.9

103.0

108.6

105.3

PL

126.0

126.8

139.7

175.6

123.3

124.3

142.0

142.3

142.8

141.1

142.9

148.4

148.4

154.4

139.4

PT

101.4

99.6

95.4

130.3

86.7

83.0

88.6

89.3

89.0

88.9

99.6

100.2

92.2

89.8

86.6

RO

176.5

161.3

147.6

159.3

112.0

116.4

136.0

136.7

141.9

143.7

149.7

153.0

151.2

157.8

150.1

SI

120.6

103.2

107.0

123.8

100.7

96.8

108.8

111.3

109.5

110.5

112.8

112.6

114.0

119.1

109.3

SK

128.8

116.1

112.6

130.5

95.8

95.4

101.4

101.6

103.1

106.7

107.8

108.9

109.0

109.8

109.1

FI

107.3

107.9

111.4

140.2

101.6

93.9

105.5

112.7

119.6

122.9

122.3

118.8

112.7

116.7

113.3

SE

104.3

106.5

111.3

137.9

98.3

93.0

103.9

114.0

113.5

120.2

117.9

116.7

110.2

111.7

111.5

UK

118.1

122.5

123.6

140.7

104.2

102.8

105.5

110.7

108.6

110.0

112.6

108.5

108.7

115.3

125.8

NO

115.1

117.3

122.7

152.3

107.4

99.6

108.8

108.1

118.7

126.9

121.5

126.2

117.2

121.6

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CH

110.8

110.6

112.4

146.8

111.5

105.0

111.6

123.2

111.1

119.8

116.1

105.8

107.1

113.3

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