European Commission : November 2012 compared with October 2012 Volume of retail trade up by 0.1% in euro area Up by 0.2% in EU27

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8 January 2013

November 2012 compared with October 2012
Volume of retail trade up by 0.1% in euro area
Up by 0.2% in EU27

In November 2012 compared with October 2012, the volume of retail trade1 rose by 0.1% in the euro area2 (EA17) and by 0.2% in the EU272, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October3 retail trade fell by 0.7% in both zones.

In November 20124, compared with November 2011, the retail sales index dropped by 2.6% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU27.

Monthly comparison

In November 2012, compared with October 2012, "Food, drinks and tobacco" fell by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU27. The non-food sector remained stable in the euro area and rose by 0.2% in the EU27.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade rose in ten and fell in eleven. The highest increases were registered in Finland (+2.2%), Romania (+1.9%) and Latvia (+1.4%), and the largest decreases inLuxembourg (-1.5%), Ireland and Portugal (both -1.3%).

Annual comparison

In November 2012, compared with November 2011, "Food, drinks and tobacco" fell by 2.1% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU27. The non-food sector decreased by 3.2% and 0.9% respectively.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in eleven and rose in ten. The largest decreases were observed in Spain (-9.6%), Slovenia (-6.1%), Bulgaria and Portugal (both -5.2%), and the highest increases in Latvia (+8.7%), Belgium (+4.5%) and Estonia (+4.3%).

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

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

2. 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).

Issued by: Eurostat Press Office Tim ALLEN Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

For further information on data: Anastassios GIANNOPLIDIS Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

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

	Jun-12	Jul-12	Aug-12	Sep-12	Oct-12	Nov-12
EA17
Total retail trade	0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.8	-0.7	0.1
Food, drinks, tobacco	0.0	-0.3	0.2	-0.2	-0.6	-0.3
Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:	0.0	0.3	0.1	-1.2	-0.9	0.0
Textiles, clothing, footwear	-0.4	0.3	-0.5	0.3	-2.2	:
Electrical goods and furniture	0.5	-0.6	0.5	-1.0	-2.1	:
Computer equipment, books and other	0.8	0.5	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4	:
Pharmaceutical and medical goods	-0.3	-1.0	-0.1	-2.1	0.5	:
Mail orders and internet	1.0	1.7	-2.7	0.8	-3.1	:
Automotive fuel in specialised stores	2.1	-0.5	-1.5	-2.3	0.0	1.2
EU27
Total retail trade	0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.7	0.2
Food, drinks, tobacco	0.0	-0.2	0.2	-0.2	-0.7	-0.2
Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.9	0.2
Textiles, clothing, footwear	0.5	-0.1	0.1	0.7	-2.2	:
Electrical goods and furniture	0.4	-0.7	-0.3	-0.5	-2.0	:
Computer equipment, books and other	1.1	0.5	0.3	-0.3	-0.5	:
Pharmaceutical and medical goods	-0.2	-0.8	0.0	-2.0	0.8	:
Mail orders and internet	1.5	2.8	-3.6	1.4	-0.9	:
Automotive fuel in specialised stores	0.9	0.3	-1.2	-1.9	-0.5	0.8

	Jun-12	Jul-12	Aug-12	Sep-12	Oct-12	Nov-12
EA17	0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.8	-0.7	0.1
EU27	0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.7	0.2
Belgium	0.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.5
Bulgaria	0.9	-0.2	-1.5	-1.3	-0.8	-0.5
Czech Republic	-0.7	0.1	0.7	-0.4	-0.9	c
Denmark	0.0	-0.1	-1.1	1.7	-1.7	0.9
Germany	0.6	-0.8	-0.5	0.1	-1.3	1.2
Estonia	-0.6	0.1	0.3	1.6	-1.6	-0.2
Ireland	-2.6	1.9	-0.3	0.6	1.9	-1.3
Greece	-1.5	0.3	-0.9	-2.8	-4.5	c
Spain	-0.2	-1.0	0.7	-4.8	-1.2	-0.5
France	0.4	1.3	-0.8	-0.5	0.5	-0.6
Italy	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.9	c
Cyprus	0.9	-3.1	1.3	-0.5	-1.5	c
Latvia	2.5	2.7	1.1	-0.1	-1.4	1.4
Lithuania	0.4	1.4	-0.9	0.3	1.4	-0.1
Luxembourg	-0.2	1.5	1.2	-0.3	-0.4	-1.5
Hungary	0.0	-0.7	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	c
Malta	-1.0	-1.8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.2
Netherlands	0.0	0.4	-0.3	0.1	-1.4	c
Austria	-0.4	-1.5	1.3	-1.6	0.1	1.3
Poland	-1.1	0.7	-1.2	-0.1	-0.6	0.4
Portugal	0.0	0.2	3.3	-4.5	-4.0	-1.3
Romania	-1.0	0.0	0.9	-0.7	-1.7	1.9
Slovenia	3.1	-1.1	2.2	-4.0	-1.3	-0.1
Slovakia	-0.6	-0.5	0.3	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3
Finland	-1.1	0.5	0.2	0.5	-2.3	2.2
Sweden	0.1	0.2	-0.8	1.2	-1.2	0.2
United Kingdom	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	-0.6	0.4
Norway	-1.4	0.0	-0.2	0.6	-1.1	:
Switzerland	0.1	-0.6	0.5	0.1	-0.4	:

*     Seasonally adjusted

:     Data not available

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Volume of retail trade

	Jun-12	Jul-12	Aug-12	Sep-12	Oct-12	Nov-12
EA17
Total retail trade	-0.7	-1.3	-0.7	-1.6	-3.2	-2.6
Food, drinks, tobacco	-1.1	-1.2	-0.4	-1.4	-2.7	-2.1
Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:	-0.5	-0.9	-0.8	-0.8	-2.7	-3.2
Textiles, clothing, footwear	-2.7	-3.0	-1.3	2.8	-3.6	:
Electrical goods and furniture	-1.6	-2.0	-2.0	-2.0	-4.7	:
Computer equipment, books and other	1.8	1.9	1.2	0.5	-0.5	:
Pharmaceutical and medical goods	0.4	-2.1	-0.9	-4.0	-2.3	:
Mail orders and internet	4.5	3.9	1.6	2.3	-1.1	:
Automotive fuel in specialised stores	-2.7	-2.7	-4.3	-6.3	-6.6	-5.1
EU27
Total retail trade	0.2	0.0	0.3	-0.4	-2.0	-1.3
Food, drinks, tobacco	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	-1.0	-2.2	-1.4
Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:	1.2	0.9	1.0	1.1	-1.0	-0.9
Textiles, clothing, footwear	-0.9	-1.7	0.6	4.0	-2.0	:
Electrical goods and furniture	-0.1	-0.9	-1.1	-1.3	-4.1	:
Computer equipment, books and other	2.5	2.8	2.7	1.8	0.1	:
Pharmaceutical and medical goods	0.9	-0.8	0.1	-3.1	-1.2	:
Mail orders and internet	9.6	12.8	6.1	8.3	7.7	:
Automotive fuel in specialised stores	-3.5	-2.7	-3.9	-5.7	-6.5	-5.8

	Jun-12	Jul-12	Aug-12	Sep-12	Oct-12	Nov-12
EA17	-0.7	-1.3	-0.7	-1.6	-3.2	-2.6
EU27	0.2	0.0	0.3	-0.4	-2.0	-1.3
Belgium	3.7	-3.0	-0.9	3.5	0.8	4.5
Bulgaria	0.4	1.6	0.7	-3.1	-4.3	-5.2
Czech Republic	0.0	-1.3	0.9	0.2	-1.5	c
Denmark	-2.0	-1.6	-3.7	-0.6	-3.4	-1.3
Germany	0.8	-1.2	-0.9	-0.7	-2.8	-0.9
Estonia	8.7	6.9	7.1	10.1	6.6	4.3
Ireland	-1.9	0.9	0.6	1.4	4.2	0.7
Greece	-10.6	-9.2	-9.3	-11.9	-18.1	c
Spain	-5.3	-7.4	-1.9	-12.8	-11.5	-9.6
France	1.5	4.0	2.3	0.8	1.2	-1.1
Italy	-2.3	-2.8	-2.6	-0.4	-5.1	c
Cyprus	-1.5	-7.3	-3.0	-3.3	-6.1	c
Latvia	8.9	10.5	10.0	8.6	9.2	8.7
Lithuania	3.1	6.2	2.9	2.4	4.1	2.0
Luxembourg	7.9	10.3	11.8	9.4	6.8	0.9
Hungary	-1.2	-2.5	-2.4	-3.1	-3.7	c
Malta	-0.2	-1.5	-3.1	-1.8	-3.2	-3.3
Netherlands	-2.2	-2.6	-3.5	0.3	-3.7	c
Austria	0.2	-1.8	0.5	-2.1	-1.6	-0.3
Poland	-0.6	2.2	-1.1	-2.6	-4.4	-2.7
Portugal	-5.4	-7.5	-5.8	-6.3	-6.4	-5.2
Romania	3.7	3.6	5.0	5.2	0.1	3.1
Slovenia	0.6	-1.6	-0.7	-4.4	-6.1	-6.1
Slovakia	-0.9	-2.0	-0.9	-1.7	-1.8	-2.2
Finland	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	-2.3	1.2
Sweden	0.8	2.6	1.4	3.9	1.3	0.8
United Kingdom	3.7	3.9	4.2	3.8	2.1	2.5
Norway	3.3	3.8	1.7	3.2	1.2	:
Switzerland	3.3	2.9	5.9	5.0	2.7	:

*     Working day adjusted

:     Data not available

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Deflated turnover for total retail trade
seasonally adjusted

	11/11	12/11	01/12	02/12	03/12	04/12	05/12	06/12	07/12	08/12	09/12	10/12	11/12
EA17	100.5	99.2	100.3	100.2	100.5	99.0	99.8	99.9	100.0	99.8	99.0	98.3	98.4
EU27	105.0	104.2	105.1	104.8	105.6	103.9	104.8	105.0	105.1	104.9	104.5	103.7	104.0
BE	105.9	107.7	107.6	107.2	106.7	104.7	104.7	105.0	105.9	106.1	107.2	108.1	108.7
BG	119.2	120.3	119.7	115.0	120.3	120.1	120.7	121.8	121.5	119.7	118.2	117.3	116.7
CZ	118.7	118.7	119.8	119.2	119.5	117.8	119.0	118.2	118.2	119.0	118.6	117.4	c
DK	94.3	95.0	94.3	93.1	94.6	93.3	93.2	93.2	93.1	92.1	93.7	92.1	92.9
DE	98.6	99.1	98.1	97.8	99.3	98.4	98.3	98.9	98.1	97.6	97.7	96.4	97.6
EE	110.3	110.4	114.6	116.1	113.4	114.7	115.8	115.1	115.2	115.6	117.4	115.5	115.3
IE	104.3	104.6	102.8	102.9	103.3	102.6	104.9	102.2	104.1	103.8	104.4	106.4	105.0
EL	81.0	79.0	79.2	77.9	75.7	75.8	75.8	74.7	75.0	74.3	72.2	69.0	c
ES	83.8	83.2	83.1	82.9	82.6	81.0	80.8	80.6	79.8	80.4	76.6	75.6	75.3
FR	115.8	114.5	115.6	116.1	116.6	114.2	116.8	117.3	118.8	117.9	117.3	117.9	117.2
IT	95.2	89.4	95.2	94.8	94.6	94.0	93.9	93.8	93.5	93.3	93.3	92.5	c
CY	117.9	115.5	117.2	118.0	117.9	116.4	115.5	116.6	113.0	114.5	113.9	112.3	c
LV	99.0	96.8	102.8	100.5	101.0	99.4	101.3	103.9	106.7	107.9	107.8	106.4	107.9
LT	108.2	107.5	107.8	105.1	105.3	105.2	106.4	106.8	108.3	107.4	107.7	109.2	109.1
LU	146.5	149.8	146.7	146.1	149.4	147.1	150.1	149.8	152.2	153.9	153.4	152.8	150.5
HU	93.8	93.8	93.4	92.9	93.4	92.2	92.3	92.3	91.7	91.5	91.1	90.7	c
MT	113.0	111.5	111.3	114.5	114.6	114.9	112.9	111.8	109.9	109.9	109.9	109.9	109.6
NL	99.3	98.9	99.5	98.0	97.6	96.4	96.8	96.8	97.3	97.0	97.1	95.7	c
AT	105.1	104.1	104.7	104.7	107.1	103.0	105.7	105.3	103.7	105.0	103.3	103.4	104.7
PL	144.4	145.1	145.1	141.7	144.9	143.2	143.2	141.6	142.6	140.9	140.7	139.8	140.4
PT	86.9	89.2	87.5	89.4	87.5	85.0	87.9	87.9	88.1	91.0	86.9	83.4	82.3
RO	144.8	146.9	150.7	145.5	147.3	148.5	150.2	148.7	148.7	150.1	149.0	146.4	149.2
SI	111.7	110.5	115.2	109.9	110.4	107.1	106.3	109.6	108.4	110.8	106.4	105.0	104.9
SK	107.9	107.3	109.1	109.0	108.3	107.5	108.0	107.3	106.7	107.0	106.6	106.4	106.1
FI	114.2	113.5	116.3	117.9	115.9	113.6	115.6	114.3	114.9	115.1	115.7	113.0	115.5
SE	113.5	113.4	113.8	114.8	114.6	114.4	114.7	114.8	115.0	114.1	115.5	114.1	114.3
UK	114.9	115.4	115.8	115.1	117.6	115.0	116.5	117.3	117.7	117.7	118.2	117.5	117.9
NO	121.2	120.6	121.8	123.3	124.1	123.8	125.8	124.0	124.0	123.8	124.5	123.1	:
CH	116.9	116.3	118.5	117.3	120.6	119.0	120.2	120.3	119.7	120.2	120.4	119.9	:

:     Data not available

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Deflated turnover for total retail trade
working days adjusted

	11/09	11/10	11/11	12/11	01/12	02/12	03/12	04/12	05/12	06/12	07/12	08/12	09/12	10/12	11/12
EA17	99.7	101.0	99.5	123.5	95.2	87.7	97.7	96.1	97.2	99.1	103.2	98.7	97.4	100.7	96.9
EU27	105.4	106.9	106.1	130.4	98.2	92.0	102.0	100.9	102.3	103.9	107.6	103.7	102.6	105.8	104.7
BE	99.0	103.1	100.0	129.7	106.1	95.3	110.3	103.0	103.0	106.6	106.0	98.1	107.6	110.5	104.4
BG	139.5	130.3	123.2	136.3	105.8	100.8	112.8	116.2	117.8	122.6	129.0	128.1	122.5	122.2	116.8
CZ	122.9	123.3	123.3	147.5	105.5	101.3	117.3	114.4	118.9	117.7	115.3	117.4	119.7	121.7	c
DK	97.9	96.9	93.9	119.1	88.5	78.7	92.2	93.7	96.5	93.5	92.8	92.5	89.4	91.5	92.7
DE	100.5	100.9	102.0	118.3	89.7	86.0	100.5	98.5	97.8	96.4	98.0	95.0	96.3	100.0	101.1
EE	91.8	99.4	105.8	127.4	101.5	99.0	107.8	110.9	120.1	122.8	123.9	123.0	115.9	116.4	110.4
IE	107.7	108.3	107.8	143.4	96.3	96.2	94.9	98.8	100.4	98.3	105.8	101.4	99.1	104.4	108.6
EL	96.9	85.6	78.0	90.6	79.4	79.2	69.6	75.8	70.1	72.4	79.0	76.5	71.1	66.2	c
ES	88.2	86.0	79.9	97.0	87.5	72.2	80.4	76.5	79.9	81.0	86.8	81.0	72.0	75.8	72.2
FR	108.5	115.0	116.4	147.7	110.0	98.7	107.9	109.9	110.2	116.2	120.8	122.1	114.4	121.7	115.1
IT	92.8	92.1	89.0	119.0	88.2	84.6	92.7	88.7	90.7	93.2	100.9	86.8	94.3	95.0	c
CY	104.8	106.7	104.3	138.8	102.3	106.9	116.1	125.2	115.5	135.9	117.1	111.3	108.2	104.0	c
LV	82.4	88.9	95.0	112.8	93.1	86.9	95.2	94.2	99.9	105.4	112.4	116.7	110.5	109.3	103.3
LT	90.0	93.8	105.4	124.5	97.6	89.2	100.2	100.5	107.2	106.4	114.0	116.3	109.2	114.1	107.5
LU	125.1	142.7	154.3	205.9	143.4	126.7	149.6	140.3	143.5	142.8	153.3	140.0	146.9	153.6	155.8
HU	95.1	94.8	96.1	117.8	75.8	73.5	88.3	87.9	89.5	92.6	97.5	97.6	95.0	96.7	c
MT	104.6	118.8	113.5	124.9	102.7	99.8	109.5	114.7	113.1	112.5	115.6	112.0	110.0	113.8	109.8
NL	100.8	102.5	99.7	113.5	94.7	84.1	96.7	95.1	99.9	99.0	99.2	95.2	96.8	96.8	c
AT	102.6	106.8	105.8	128.5	98.8	93.2	108.4	102.3	102.4	101.7	104.6	101.4	100.7	106.9	105.5
PL	127.3	138.9	139.3	172.1	126.5	121.3	145.4	141.7	142.6	140.8	145.7	146.1	144.6	147.2	135.6
PT	99.6	95.4	86.6	118.9	80.1	75.9	84.3	80.3	85.1	84.0	92.1	94.6	86.8	84.0	82.1
RO	160.6	146.1	150.4	170.7	120.7	118.0	139.1	144.6	150.9	150.3	155.1	162.8	157.2	156.3	155.1
SI	104.1	107.9	109.3	126.1	105.7	96.0	110.8	108.5	107.1	112.1	112.0	112.6	109.7	112.1	102.6
SK	117.4	113.9	110.8	128.0	98.9	99.0	104.1	101.7	105.7	107.7	107.4	109.7	108.8	109.4	108.4
FI	107.9	111.5	112.5	141.6	104.6	99.4	109.0	111.2	120.0	122.4	122.2	118.9	112.9	112.7	113.8
SE	106.5	111.3	111.4	139.0	99.6	95.5	106.9	113.9	118.2	121.2	121.0	118.3	114.5	113.1	112.3
UK	122.5	123.6	125.3	149.4	105.8	104.6	110.6	110.2	111.9	113.8	116.5	112.7	112.8	117.1	128.4
NO	117.4	122.7	123.2	154.9	113.9	102.8	113.3	112.1	129.7	130.2	126.3	128.3	121.1	122.8	:
CH	110.8	114.9	116.5	147.8	114.7	101.1	123.9	114.4	118.4	119.9	122.9	114.1	114.0	121.4	:

:     Data not available

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