65/2009 - 6 May 2009
March 2009 compared with February 2009
Volume of retail trade down by 0.6% in euro area Down by 0.3% in EU27 In March 2009, compared with February 2009, the volume of retail trade1 decreased by 0.6% in the euro area2 (EA16) and by 0.3% in the EU272. In February3 retail trade fell by 0.3% and 0.8% respectively. In March 20094, compared with March 2008, the retail sales index decreased by 4.2% in the euro area and by 3.1% in the EU27.
Monthly changes In March 2009, compared with February 2009, “Food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 1.4% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU27. The non food sector remained unchanged in the euro area and rose by 0.2% in the EU27. Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in ten, rose in six and remained unchanged in Denmark and Romania. The largest decreases were observed in Lithuania (-4.3%), Poland (-3.3%), Latvia (-2.6%), Portugal (-1.5%) and Germany (-1.0%), and the highest increases in Slovenia (+6.8%), France (+1.1%), Estonia, Austria and the United Kingdom (all +1.0%).
Annual changes In March 2009, compared with March 2008, “Food, drinks and tobacco” dropped by 5.2% in the euro area and by 3.7% in the EU27. The non food sector fell by 1.9% and 1.6% respectively. Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in fifteen and rose only in Belgium (+2.1%), Austria (+2.0%) and the United Kingdom (+0.8%). The largest decreases were observed in Latvia (-27.3%), Lithuania (-21.1%) and Estonia (-16.6%) These first estimates come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
Deflated turnover for total retail trade Euro area, seasonally adjusted series
Trendline
EU27, seasonally adjusted series
Trendline
110
105
100
95
90
03-2009
12-2008
09-2008
06-2008
03-2008
12-2007
09-2007
06-2007
03-2007
12-2006
09-2006
06-2006
03-2006
12-2005
09-2005
06-2005
03-2005
12-2004
09-2004
06-2004
03-2004
12-2003
09-2003
06-2003
03-2003
12-2002
09-2002
06-2002
03-2002
12-2001
09-2001
06-2001
03-2001
12-2000
09-2000
06-2000
03-2000
85
2005=100
1. 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 were published in News Release 35/2009 of 13 March 2009. 2. The euro area (EA16) includes Belgium, Germany, 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). 3. Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 49/2009 of 6 April 2009, when the figures published for February 2009 were -0.6% in the euro area and -1.2% in the EU27 for the monthly variations, and -4.0% in the euro area and -3.4% in the EU27 for the annual variations. 4. Based on data adjusted for working days.
Issued by: Eurostat Press Office
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Volume of retail trade % change compared with the previous month* Oct-08 EA16 Total retail trade Total retail trade except automotive fuel Food, drinks, tobacco Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which: Textiles, clothing, footwear Electrical goods and furniture Computer equipment, books and other Pharmaceutical and medical goods Mail orders and internet Automotive fuel in specialised stores EU27 Total retail trade Total retail trade except automotive fuel Food, drinks, tobacco Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which: Textiles, clothing, footwear Electrical goods and furniture Computer equipment, books and other Pharmaceutical and medical goods Mail orders and internet Automotive fuel in specialised stores
EA16 EU27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom * Seasonally adjusted
: Data not available
Nov-08
Dec-08
Jan-09
Feb-09
Mar-09
-0.7 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6 -2.2 -1.0 -1.2 -0.5 -1.5 -0.4
-0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.0 -1.1
-0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.3 0.7 3.7 -6.1
-0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1 3.0 -1.3 -0.2 0.1 -4.5 -0.3
-0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.4 -2.1 -0.5 -1.2 -0.8 0.3 -1.5
-0.6 -0.5 -1.4 0.0 : : : : : :
-0.5 -0.4 -0.2 -0.7 -2.1 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 -0.8 -1.0
-0.4 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.8 -0.2 0.9 -1.6
-0.2 -0.1 -0.7 0.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.7 0.4 4.4 -4.1
0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 3.5 -1.6 1.1 -0.1 -2.6 1.0
-0.8 -0.7 -0.7 -0.8 -2.1 -0.6 -1.6 -0.8 -0.9 -1.9
-0.3 -0.2 -0.8 0.2 : : : : : :
Oct-08 -0.7 -0.5 -1.6 -0.3 -0.3 -2.0 -0.7 -1.5 -0.3 2.9 -2.0 -1.5 -0.2 c -3.8 0.0 -2.3 -0.2 -10.9 -0.6 -0.2 0.3 0.5 -7.2 -0.6 -1.0 -0.6 -1.1 0.0
Nov-08 -0.3 -0.4 -0.9 -0.9 -0.7 1.0 -0.3 -1.1 -1.0 -4.0 0.2 0.7 -0.1 c -0.7 -0.6 4.6 -0.6 2.0 -0.2 0.0 -1.1 0.0 1.0 0.6 -1.3 -1.2 -0.4 0.1
Dec-08 -0.3 -0.2 1.3 -0.9 -0.7 -2.0 0.6 -4.6 -1.1 -3.2 -1.3 -1.2 0.0 c -2.2 -1.3 10.0 -0.8 -5.5 0.5 0.0 -0.1 -4.1 -9.6 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.4
Jan-09 -0.4 0.1 1.5 0.0 1.7 1.0 -1.1 -0.2 : -1.0 0.6 0.3 -0.1 c -8.7 -11.9 : 0.1 : -2.3 2.0 1.8 3.7 9.5 -0.3 -5.1 -0.2 0.9 1.8
Feb-09 -0.3 -0.8 0.1 -1.5 -1.5 1.0 0.0 -5.4 : -2.9 -0.9 -0.8 0.0 c -5.2 -1.9 : -0.5 : -0.3 -1.5 0.5 -2.4 -4.4 -16.0 -0.8 -0.6 0.0 -1.5
Mar-09 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 -0.9 c 0.0 -1.0 1.0 : c -0.8 1.1 : c -2.6 -4.3 : c : c 1.0 -3.3 -1.5 0.0 6.8 -0.5 -0.9 0.3 1.0
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Volume of retail trade % change compared with the same month of the previous year* Oct-08 EA16 Total retail trade Total retail trade except automotive fuel Food, drinks, tobacco Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which: Textiles, clothing, footwear Electrical goods and furniture Computer equipment, books and other Pharmaceutical and medical goods Mail orders and internet Automotive fuel in specialised stores EU27 Total retail trade Total retail trade except automotive fuel Food, drinks, tobacco Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which: Textiles, clothing, footwear Electrical goods and furniture Computer equipment, books and other Pharmaceutical and medical goods Mail orders and internet Automotive fuel in specialised stores
EA16 EU27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom * Working day adjusted
: Data not available
Nov-08
Dec-08
Jan-09
Feb-09
Mar-09
-1.4 -1.6 -0.7 -2.4 -2.9 -3.9 -2.2 -0.4 -1.6 0.3
-2.2 -2.1 -1.3 -2.5 -1.9 -2.9 -4.4 -0.9 0.5 -2.0
-2.0 -1.5 -1.3 -1.6 -3.7 -2.0 -4.4 1.1 6.7 -9.2
-2.6 -1.8 -1.6 -2.0 2.0 -5.8 -4.7 1.2 -4.6 -12.5
-4.0 -3.3 -3.4 -3.1 -2.6 -6.1 -6.9 -1.3 -2.8 -13.5
-4.2 -3.2 -5.2 -1.9 : : : : : :
-0.7 -0.7 -0.2 -1.1 -1.5 -4.1 -0.3 0.8 4.4 -0.8
-1.5 -1.2 -0.7 -1.5 -0.6 -3.0 -2.6 -0.5 4.0 -3.3
-1.6 -1.1 -1.7 -0.7 -1.6 -1.8 -3.7 1.5 11.5 -7.8
-1.4 -0.7 -0.8 -0.7 4.0 -5.8 -1.4 0.2 2.9 -8.5
-3.3 -2.7 -2.6 -2.8 -0.5 -6.5 -5.3 -2.7 1.2 -10.4
-3.1 -2.5 -3.7 -1.6 : : : : : :
Oct-08 -1.4 -0.7 0.6 0.9 4.3 -5.8 -0.5 -7.4 -5.5 6.4 -7.8 0.4 -3.7 c -13.3 0.1 3.1 -1.3 -8.5 -0.5 -1.3 2.5 1.4 14.6 7.3 7.3 1.0 -2.0 1.1
Nov-08 -2.2 -1.5 -3.9 -1.1 2.9 -4.9 -0.1 -7.5 -7.7 -2.7 -8.2 -0.2 -3.7 c -14.2 -0.5 -5.4 -1.8 -17.3 -0.6 -1.2 -0.6 1.4 10.0 7.0 4.4 -5.2 -1.6 0.7
Dec-08 -2.0 -1.6 3.6 -3.3 0.5 -7.8 2.1 -13.7 -8.3 -8.4 -7.2 -3.3 -2.0 c -12.7 -5.0 5.6 -3.1 -16.3 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -5.4 -4.2 7.2 5.3 0.1 -2.8 1.2
Jan-09 -2.6 -1.4 3.9 -1.9 2.3 -5.2 -2.1 -13.2 : -10.9 -5.4 -3.4 -1.5 c -20.0 -15.2 : -2.8 : -3.1 1.7 2.1 -0.7 -1.5 2.8 -2.9 -0.3 1.4 3.2
Feb-09 -4.0 -3.3 -1.1 -6.4 -1.8 -6.7 -1.9 -21.7 : -13.7 -9.0 -6.0 1.6 c -26.0 -18.6 : -3.2 : -4.7 -1.7 2.4 -5.3 -8.6 -12.2 -10.1 -8.1 -1.3 -0.9
Mar-09 -4.2 -3.1 2.1 -8.4 c -4.0 -1.9 -16.6 : c -8.2 -3.9 : c -27.3 -21.1 : c : c 2.0 -2.3 -5.0 -6.4 -5.2 -7.2 -4.3 -1.5 0.8
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Deflated Turnover for Total Retail Trade seasonally adjusted (Base year 2005)
EA16 EU27 BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK
03/08 104.2 106.7 104.9 140.4 121.0 102.0 96.1 128.2 113.8 119.9 101.6 106.9 101.2 c 135.1 129.4 138.1 101.4 99.8 110.5 100.8 129.7 103.7 172.0 117.4 125.0 113.3 109.6 108.8
: Data not available
04/08 103.9 106.6 105.7 140.7 124.3 102.0 95.7 129.0 112.8 116.8 101.4 107.8 101.0 c 138.5 129.6 133.9 101.9 100.4 111.3 102.1 130.5 103.7 175.3 120.9 123.1 113.0 108.6 108.7
05/08 104.3 107.3 106.0 139.5 124.1 102.0 97.2 127.7 112.8 115.5 100.1 109.2 100.8 c 133.9 127.1 134.7 101.6 103.7 111.5 103.7 130.5 104.6 180.8 122.4 125.2 112.2 109.2 110.8
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06/08 103.6 106.2 105.0 139.6 122.5 101.0 95.6 125.2 112.1 114.2 99.4 107.5 100.5 c 131.0 126.1 139.7 101.1 94.0 110.7 100.5 130.1 102.7 184.5 121.6 122.7 111.3 109.5 108.8
07/08 103.5 106.3 104.7 139.3 121.7 99.0 96.0 126.5 109.7 111.5 99.3 107.9 100.3 c 130.6 125.8 132.4 101.3 101.0 109.8 102.0 131.1 105.5 181.6 122.9 125.0 110.9 109.6 108.7
08/08 103.2 106.1 105.6 138.2 122.5 98.0 96.3 125.4 110.0 109.5 99.4 108.1 100.0 c 126.5 125.3 133.5 101.0 104.0 110.8 100.8 129.5 105.0 179.4 123.2 124.7 111.0 108.8 109.2
09/08 103.3 106.1 106.0 137.7 124.1 99.0 96.9 121.5 109.1 109.3 98.3 108.6 99.9 c 125.5 124.8 143.0 100.7 101.0 110.6 101.6 130.4 103.1 180.2 124.8 126.0 111.4 108.1 109.2
10/08 102.5 105.6 104.3 137.2 123.7 97.0 96.2 119.7 108.8 112.4 96.3 107.0 99.7 c 120.7 124.8 139.8 100.5 89.9 110.0 101.4 130.8 103.6 167.2 124.0 124.7 110.7 106.9 109.2
11/08 102.2 105.2 103.3 136.0 122.9 98.0 95.9 118.4 107.6 107.9 96.6 107.7 99.5 c 119.9 124.0 146.1 99.9 91.7 109.8 101.4 129.4 103.6 168.9 124.7 123.1 109.4 106.5 109.3
12/08 101.9 105.0 104.6 134.7 122.0 96.0 96.5 112.9 106.4 104.4 95.3 106.4 99.5 c 117.2 122.3 160.7 99.1 86.6 110.4 101.4 129.3 99.4 152.7 125.5 124.1 109.5 106.5 109.8
01/09 101.5 105.1 106.2 134.6 124.1 97.0 95.4 112.7 : 103.4 95.9 106.7 99.4 c 107.0 107.8 : 99.2 : 107.8 103.4 131.6 103.0 167.2 125.1 117.8 109.3 107.5 111.7
02/09 101.3 104.3 106.2 132.6 122.3 98.0 95.4 106.6 : 100.4 95.0 105.8 99.4 c 101.4 105.7 : 98.7 : 107.6 101.9 132.2 100.5 159.8 105.1 116.9 108.6 107.5 110.0
03/09 100.6 104.0 106.0 131.3 c 98.0 94.4 107.7 : c 94.2 107.0 : c 98.8 101.2 : c : c 102.9 127.9 99.0 159.8 112.2 116.2 107.6 107.8 111.1
Deflated Turnover for Total Retail Trade working days adjusted (Base year 2005)
EA16 EU27 BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK
03/06 98.0 97.9 103.4 98.2 102.4 99.0 101.6 109.2 98.2 100.2 99.0 95.8 90.9 c 106.8 97.7 108.6 97.2 95.1 105.5 102.2 106.9 97.4 101.0 101.1 99.8 97.1 98.6 95.7
: Data not available
03/07 100.7 101.8 108.3 122.7 116.4 102.0 100.3 127.8 106.4 105.3 104.5 99.5 92.4 c 130.4 114.8 129.3 97.8 96.5 110.5 105.1 121.9 100.6 130.6 108.9 105.8 105.5 100.1 100.4
03/08 99.9 102.4 105.1 131.2 117.0 99.0 97.2 122.7 107.8 112.9 98.9 102.6 92.2 c 125.8 124.4 140.4 94.8 91.4 108.4 101.3 130.0 99.5 160.0 116.5 118.1 103.1 103.6 104.1
04/08 101.1 103.7 106.0 136.6 124.2 102.0 95.8 124.6 108.0 119.2 97.7 105.7 94.9 c 131.9 125.6 133.4 99.2 101.6 111.1 101.8 131.9 95.7 170.9 122.4 118.3 110.9 108.1 104.3
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05/08 102.9 105.9 107.4 136.4 127.3 104.0 96.2 131.2 104.2 109.9 99.8 109.3 97.3 c 136.4 128.7 130.2 100.0 101.5 114.9 102.6 131.7 99.1 174.8 127.2 125.5 117.0 111.4 108.5
06/08 100.2 103.5 106.4 139.6 123.5 101.0 92.0 130.5 105.5 111.7 96.9 110.7 90.0 c 132.5 125.5 134.5 101.4 94.0 114.1 96.6 131.7 96.7 183.0 120.7 123.9 114.7 114.0 105.4
07/08 105.5 107.7 102.7 143.7 121.0 99.0 94.6 134.3 107.3 111.1 106.9 113.0 104.1 c 134.6 131.1 131.0 106.2 105.9 111.1 100.7 133.2 110.0 184.1 126.2 128.1 118.9 112.1 107.4
08/08 99.4 102.9 98.9 143.2 121.1 99.0 94.0 133.1 102.5 101.8 94.4 112.4 85.3 c 133.4 133.7 116.7 107.3 107.9 109.1 98.1 133.3 111.0 188.7 122.4 127.6 114.0 113.9 105.0
09/08 102.2 104.6 109.2 142.5 138.6 95.0 95.4 121.5 107.1 105.8 95.3 110.3 98.4 c 126.0 125.3 135.4 103.4 102.7 109.0 98.5 133.3 104.4 184.3 131.8 126.9 108.0 107.3 103.9
10/08 103.8 106.7 104.4 147.6 132.0 97.0 100.0 122.9 100.4 116.6 98.3 113.1 93.4 c 123.1 127.8 143.5 108.6 96.5 112.4 104.1 137.2 104.1 183.7 131.6 131.2 112.7 105.4 108.4
11/08 102.9 107.4 95.6 144.9 143.1 97.0 100.9 116.3 109.7 108.9 94.6 107.7 101.2 c 117.3 120.7 145.1 103.3 87.2 109.7 102.7 125.1 104.4 177.4 119.8 128.8 104.9 104.3 118.6
12/08 131.4 134.4 124.5 157.3 152.1 119.0 115.4 127.8 155.0 129.0 111.1 134.3 162.2 c 141.3 145.1 212.1 127.1 116.9 128.4 125.4 152.7 131.6 190.8 134.8 147.3 134.4 131.3 142.0
01/09 96.6 98.7 106.9 116.7 108.0 91.0 88.2 99.0 : 99.7 102.0 100.7 91.8 c 96.3 99.2 : 78.9 : 99.6 97.7 116.8 94.5 135.9 106.0 102.1 98.9 95.5 104.2
02/09 89.6 92.6 94.1 114.3 104.1 84.0 84.1 91.2 : 99.0 83.0 89.7 94.5 c 87.1 92.8 : 77.5 : 93.6 91.4 113.8 86.4 132.5 96.5 103.0 91.6 91.0 101.1
03/09 95.7 99.2 107.4 120.1 c 95.0 95.4 102.3 : c 90.9 98.6 : c 91.4 98.2 : c : c 103.3 127.0 94.5 149.8 110.4 109.7 98.7 102.0 104.9