STAT/06/44 5 April 2006 February 2006 compared to February 2005 Volume of retail trade up by 1.0% in euro-zone Up by 1.8% in EU25
In February 2006, compared to February 2005, the volume of retail trade1 grew by 1.0% in the euro-zone2 and by 1.8% in the EU25. Compared to January 20063, the retail sales index fell by 0.2% in the euro-zone but rose by 0.1% in the EU25.
Annual changes
In February 2006, compared to February 2005, retail trade of “food, drinks and tobacco” decreased by 0.5% in the euro-zone but increased by 0.7% in the EU25. The non food sector rose by 2.2% and 2.8% respectively.
Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade grew in Latvia (+15.1%), Estonia (+12.0%), Luxembourg (+9.1%), Lithuania (+7.9%), Sweden (+7.8%), Slovakia (+6.8%), Poland (+6.7%), Denmark (+5.6%), Finland (+4.1%), Portugal (+2.9%), Austria (+2.5%), the United Kingdom (+1.9%), France (+1.7%), Germany (+1.2%) and Spain (+0.1%). A fall was recorded in Belgium (-5.1%).
Monthly changes
In February 2006, compared with January 2006, “food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 0.7% in the euro-zone and remained stable in the EU25. The non food sector increased by 0.2% and 0.4% respectively.
Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade rose in Luxembourg (+3.2%), Slovakia (+1.9%), Latvia and Poland (both +1.0%), Denmark (+0.8%), Spain (+0.7%), France and the United Kingdom (both +0.4%), Sweden (+0.2%), Estonia and Lithuania (both +0.1%), while falls were recorded in Finland (-1.1%), Belgium (-0.7%), Germany (-0.6%), Portugal (-0.5%) and Austria (-0.3%).
These first estimates come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. [Graphic in PDF & Word format]
1.Based on data adjusted for working days. For the methodology, see News Releases 47/2000 of 12 April 2000 and 33/2004 of 5 March 2004. For definitions of published sectors see News Release 103/2001 of 3 October 2001.
Retail sale not in stores 52.6 (except for mail orders) and retail sale of second-hand goods 52.5 are not published as separate sectors as they are not required as such by the STS-Regulation. They are however included in the ”non food products” aggregate.
2.Euro-zone: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
3.Based on data adjusted for working days and seasonal effects. The seasonally adjusted euro-zone and EU25 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-zone and EU25 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).
4.Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 28/2006 of 6 March 2006, when the figures published for January 2006 were +0.9% in the euro-zone and +1.5% in the EU25 for the annual variations, and +0.8% in the euro-zone and -0.1% in the EU25 for the monthly variations.
Issued by: Eurostat Press Office Tim ALLEN BECH Building L-2920 LUXEMBOURG Tel: +352-4301-33 444 Fax: +352-4301-35 349 eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu For further information on data: Anastassios GIANNOPLIDIS Tel:+352-4301-37 756 Fax:+352-4301-34 359 anastassios.giannoplidis@ec.europa.eu Eurostat news releases on the Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the same month of the previous year1, 4 Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Euro-zone Total retail trade 1.7 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.3 1.0 Food, drinks, tobacco, of which: 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.5 -0.5 Sales in non specialised stores 1.4 1.5 1.0 -0.3 -0.4 : Sales in specialised stores -1.2 -1.6 -1.3 -1.0 : : Non food products, of which: 1.7 1.4 2.1 1.8 1.7 2.2 Textiles, clothing, footwear 1.4 2.0 3.1 2.6 4.2 : Household goods 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.8 : Books, newspapers and other sales in specialised stores 1.3 -0.8 1.2 1.0 2.3 : Pharmaceutical and medical goods 5.2 3.9 4.5 2.9 : : Other sales in non specialised stores -0.6 -2.3 -0.3 -0.6 : : Mail orders -2.1 2.0 0.4 7.3 : : EU25 Total retail trade 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.6 1.7 1.8 Food, drinks, tobacco, of which: 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.7 Sales in non specialised stores 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.5 0.3 : Sales in specialised stores -0.6 -0.7 -0.8 -0.8 -1.2 : Non food products, of which: 1.7 2.0 2.7 3.5 2.2 2.8 Textiles, clothing, footwear 2.3 2.3 4.4 3.9 4.1 : Household goods 2.2 2.6 2.1 4.4 2.6 : Books, newspapers and other sales in specialised stores 1.9 1.0 2.0 3.2 3.5 : Pharmaceutical and medical goods 5.0 3.5 3.9 3.4 2.7 : Other sales in non specialised stores 0.8 0.3 1.7 3.6 0.6 : Mail orders -2.1 1.7 0.1 5.6 : : Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Euro-zone 1.7 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.3 1.0 EU25 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.6 1.7 1.8 Belgium 1.8 0.1 -0.6 1.3 -3.6 -5.1 Czech Republic 4.7 4.5 5.1 4.4 6.6 c Denmark 10.0 7.4 5.8 5.9 6.9 5.6 Germany 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.0 1.7 1.2 Estonia 15.3 16.0 15.5 17.8 13.1 12.0 Greece 2.1 2.4 1.6 1.5 0.5 c Spain 1.5 -0.2 0.4 -0.1 -1.0 0.1 France 2.6 2.6 3.1 0.5 1.1 1.7 Ireland 6.0 5.1 5.1 5.7 8.3 c Italy 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.2 c Cyprus 4.3 8.3 2.9 5.6 c c Latvia 21.4 21.6 20.6 24.1 13.0 15.1 Lithuania 17.4 16.3 17.1 18.3 9.9 7.9 Luxembourg 3.5 2.0 -1.3 0.1 2.5 9.1 Hungary 7.6 6.6 7.3 5.3 6.7 c Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 2.7 3.8 4.3 2.8 7.4 c Austria 0.9 1.2 1.5 2.3 2.9 2.5 Poland 1.2 4.4 6.7 6.3 3.6 6.7 Portugal 1.3 -0.7 1.5 2.8 3.2 2.9 Slovenia 4.3 5.1 9.0 12.4 : : Slovakia 12.9 14.6 12.4 6.1 6.8 6.8 Finland 5.5 5.8 6.7 6.1 6.6 4.1 Sweden 6.3 7.3 9.0 10.8 8.0 7.8 United Kingdom 0.7 1.5 2.0 5.3 1.0 1.9 : Data not availablec: Confidential
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the previous month3, 4
Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Euro-zone Total retail trade -0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.1 0.5 -0.2 Food, drinks, tobacco, of which: 0.1 0.5 -0.4 -0.3 0.8 -0.7 Sales in non specialised stores 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 : Sales in specialised stores -0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.0 : : Non food products, of which: -1.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 Textiles, clothing, footwear -3.1 1.3 1.2 -0.2 0.8 : Household goods -0.7 0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.0 : Books, newspapers and other sales in specialised stores -0.4 -0.5 0.8 0.0 0.8 : Pharmaceutical and medical goods 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 : : Other sales in non specialised stores -0.7 -0.7 0.6 -0.6 : : Mail orders -6.3 2.4 0.4 2.6 : : EU25 Total retail trade -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 -0.2 0.1 Food, drinks, tobacco, of which: 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.0 Sales in non specialised stores 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.2 : Sales in specialised stores -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 : Non food products, of which: -0.8 0.3 0.5 0.5 -0.3 0.4 Textiles, clothing, footwear -1.8 0.5 1.9 -0.3 0.2 : Household goods -0.4 0.4 0.1 1.4 -0.5 : Books, newspapers and other sales in specialised stores -0.5 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.2 : Pharmaceutical and medical goods 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 : Other sales in non specialised stores -0.4 -0.3 0.7 0.2 -0.4 : Mail orders -4.3 2.0 0.1 2.5 : : Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Euro-zone -0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.1 0.5 -0.2 EU25 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 -0.2 0.1 Belgium -0.6 -0.3 -0.4 2.4 -4.5 -0.7 Czech Republic 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.7 c Denmark 1.6 -0.8 0.8 -0.8 1.6 0.8 Germany -1.9 0.3 -0.4 0.1 1.9 -0.6 Estonia 1.6 1.0 1.2 2.6 -1.1 0.1 Greece -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 -0.1 c Spain 0.1 -0.5 0.5 -0.2 -0.4 0.7 France -0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.5 0.1 0.4 Ireland 1.2 -0.8 1.0 0.2 2.8 c Italy -0.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 -0.1 c Cyprus 0.3 0.8 -0.2 0.8 c c Latvia 1.1 1.5 1.3 2.4 1.9 1.0 Lithuania 2.8 0.0 1.1 1.1 -3.1 0.1 Luxembourg 1.7 -1.0 -0.8 1.6 0.2 3.2 Hungary 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.7 c Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 0.3 0.5 0.5 -0.2 1.6 c Austria -3.1 0.6 -0.1 0.0 1.1 -0.3 Poland -1.4 0.7 0.7 2.3 -1.2 1.0 Portugal 0.5 -2.6 -0.8 1.7 4.2 -0.5 Slovenia -4.3 0.1 2.5 2.9 : : Slovakia 1.0 0.4 0.0 -2.2 1.5 1.9 Finland 0.6 0.1 1.1 -0.2 1.0 -1.1 Sweden 0.3 0.8 2.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 United Kingdom 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.5 -1.7 0.4 : Data not availablec: Confidential
Deflated turnover for total retail trade working days adjusted
(Base year 2000)
02/03 02/04 02/05 03/05 04/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 Euro-zone 90.7 91.6 92.9 104.4 103.4 104.9 104.6 106.2 101.6 104.2 111.0 109.4 136.1 102.6 93.9 EU25 93.7 96.0 98.0 108.2 108.0 109.5 109.8 111.5 107.6 109.1 115.6 117.1 145.2 106.4 99.8 BE 90.6 90.4 91.5 103.3 101.2 99.9 103.0 103.6 95.0 100.0 104.0 98.2 125.9 97.2 86.9 CZ 92.1 95.4 96.9 111.9 115.1 120.0 117.7 116.5 115.1 120.7 123.6 127.3 155.6 105.3 c DK 92.0 97.0 107.0 119.0 125.0 128.0 126.0 127.0 129.0 121.0 130.0 128.0 161.0 124.0 113.0 DE 86.3 87.3 89.3 103.9 101.2 101.9 97.3 100.2 98.4 99.0 105.7 107.0 122.9 96.5 90.4 EE 115.0 131.4 147.3 168.8 173.1 181.6 188.0 192.1 190.3 184.7 193.3 186.6 232.1 169.7 165.0 EL 110.5 117.7 123.2 115.5 127.1 118.2 117.9 122.5 113.6 118.2 124.1 122.9 153.3 115.5 c ES 97.7 101.3 104.4 114.5 115.5 116.9 116.8 126.1 107.9 113.5 119.5 115.0 140.2 124.7 104.5 FR 93.8 96.3 97.3 108.4 107.5 109.0 113.2 112.3 117.2 113.9 121.9 117.6 148.5 111.4 99.0 IE 105.6 107.8 116.0 115.4 116.3 112.4 117.5 121.6 118.6 124.2 115.6 128.7 180.4 127.1 c IT 87.3 85.2 84.6 92.2 92.7 96.0 93.6 91.6 76.6 91.1 100.9 99.5 137.7 85.3 c CY 88.2 92.0 98.1 109.6 126.0 111.2 117.6 131.0 120.4 120.0 122.0 119.3 155.4 c c LV 106.6 120.7 146.6 163.5 168.2 168.8 173.1 182.1 187.4 181.2 187.3 181.8 243.6 174.4 168.6 LT 101.6 112.9 124.5 136.2 142.0 147.7 149.1 159.8 161.3 159.5 163.4 157.5 207.3 141.8 134.3 LU 95.5 96.7 96.4 116.4 112.2 109.2 110.6 118.2 100.4 110.6 118.1 113.3 144.4 110.4 105.2 HU 94.2 99.4 102.4 124.2 133.1 133.2 139.0 144.2 143.6 143.1 149.8 146.5 188.1 108.5 c MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 89.4 86.0 84.8 97.8 96.1 100.2 102.7 101.9 98.5 98.8 104.0 101.7 118.5 97.4 c AT 86.6 85.7 86.4 103.2 98.7 99.9 96.7 100.2 99.6 99.9 105.7 105.4 128.4 95.1 88.6 PL 88.0 92.1 93.1 107.9 109.3 109.8 110.5 114.8 118.1 115.2 119.6 112.1 143.1 99.7 99.3 PT 87.1 86.3 89.2 103.0 98.9 99.0 103.4 105.3 107.0 105.2 106.1 105.6 141.8 97.8 91.8 SI 105.3 100.9 110.5 131.0 135.4 135.8 140.8 142.3 142.5 137.2 140.9 135.1 170.0 : : SK 89.8 93.4 105.3 110.6 115.3 119.3 120.7 123.7 125.7 123.6 129.7 131.5 152.1 113.3 112.4 FI 92.8 98.9 101.2 112.6 119.0 126.8 129.5 130.1 127.0 119.1 124.5 124.1 162.6 113.9 105.3 SE 96.0 102.8 107.2 121.2 117.1 123.5 130.5 126.0 131.5 124.2 128.8 130.6 168.9 120.8 115.6 UK 104.5 110.5 113.5 117.1 118.6 119.1 120.9 123.2 119.3 119.2 125.2 139.6 169.5 115.7 115.7 : Data not availablec: Confidential Belgium (BE), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).
Deflated turnover for total retail trade seasonally adjusted
(Base year 2000)
02/05 03/05 04/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 Euro-zone 106.3 106.5 105.3 106.4 106.8 106.3 107.5 106.9 107.3 107.4 107.2 107.7 107.5 EU25 111.2 111.4 110.5 111.5 112.0 111.8 112.7 112.4 112.6 113.1 113.4 113.2 113.3 BE 101.7 102.2 102.0 100.5 102.2 102.4 102.0 101.4 101.1 100.7 103.2 98.5 97.8 CZ 116.1 116.4 117.2 117.7 117.8 118.1 119.5 119.6 120.0 120.8 120.7 121.6 c DK 124.0 124.0 127.0 125.0 127.0 126.0 127.0 129.0 128.0 129.0 128.0 130.0 131.0 DE 101.4 101.8 101.1 102.9 102.3 101.8 103.3 101.3 101.6 101.2 101.3 103.3 102.7 EE 172.3 177.0 175.6 176.9 181.3 184.6 183.4 186.3 188.1 190.4 195.3 193.1 193.3 EL 120.6 122.8 122.2 122.8 122.9 123.4 123.6 123.4 123.9 123.9 124.2 124.1 c ES 118.3 118.2 118.5 117.9 117.9 117.9 117.9 118.0 117.5 118.1 117.9 117.5 118.3 FR 113.7 113.9 113.4 113.9 114.3 114.3 115.7 115.5 115.9 116.1 115.5 115.6 116.1 IE 122.8 122.2 120.5 122.0 126.0 124.0 124.1 125.6 124.6 125.9 126.2 129.7 c IT 95.3 95.3 94.3 95.2 95.0 94.5 95.4 95.0 95.3 95.3 95.4 95.3 c CY 117.9 118.1 119.1 118.7 119.7 119.6 120.6 121.0 122.0 121.7 122.6 c c LV 171.3 170.8 171.9 170.4 174.3 176.7 179.7 181.8 184.4 186.9 191.5 195.0 196.9 LT 145.8 143.3 147.2 150.3 153.3 154.4 155.4 159.8 159.8 161.6 163.4 158.3 158.4 LU 110.4 114.1 111.6 112.6 114.0 113.0 113.2 115.1 113.9 113.0 114.8 115.0 118.7 HU 134.2 135.1 136.2 136.9 137.7 138.0 138.4 139.8 140.6 141.2 141.6 142.6 c MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 98.3 99.0 97.7 98.2 99.9 100.0 100.3 100.7 101.2 101.7 101.5 103.2 c AT 99.7 102.6 99.8 101.4 101.3 101.4 104.3 101.1 101.7 101.6 101.6 102.7 102.4 PL 108.7 106.3 111.5 110.5 111.7 112.1 113.5 111.9 112.7 113.5 116.1 114.7 115.9 PT 105.3 105.3 106.6 103.4 110.2 102.2 106.1 106.6 103.8 103.0 104.7 109.1 108.5 SI 128.4 130.9 131.5 132.3 136.7 138.9 144.1 137.9 138.1 141.6 145.7 : : SK 119.4 117.7 118.9 120.9 120.9 121.8 124.2 125.4 125.9 125.9 123.1 124.9 127.2 FI 119.7 120.0 120.8 121.8 122.1 122.9 123.1 123.8 123.9 125.3 125.1 126.4 125.0 SE 122.8 124.6 121.2 123.8 128.3 127.9 127.5 127.9 128.9 131.5 131.9 132.1 132.4 UK 123.8 123.7 123.5 124.1 124.9 124.4 124.5 125.3 125.2 126.1 128.0 125.8 126.3 : Data not availablec: Confidential Belgium (BE), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK).
