54/2012-4 April 2012 February 2012 compared with January 2012 Volume of retail trade down by 0.1% in euro area Down by 0.4% in EU27 In February 2012 compared with January 2012, the volume of retail trade 1 decreased by 0.1% in the euro area 2 (EA17) and by 0.4% in the EU27 2. In January 3 retail trade rose by 1.1% and 0.9% respectively. In February 2012 4, compared with February 2011, the retail sales index fell by 2.1% in the euro area and by 1.1% in the EU27. These first estimates come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Deflated turnover for total retail trade Euro area, seasonally adjusted series EU27, seasonally adjusted series 110 105 100 95 90 02-2003 05-2003 08-2003 11-2003 02-2004 05-2004 08-2004 11-2004 02-2005 05-2005 08-2005 11-2005 02-2006 05-2006 08-2006 11-2006 02-2007 05-2007 08-2007 11-2007 02-2008 05-2008 08-2008 11-2008 02-2009 05-2009 08-2009 11-2009 02-2010 05-2010 08-2010 11-2010 02-2011 05-2011 08-2011 11-2011 02-2012 2005=100
Monthly comparison In February 2012, compared with January 2012, Food, drinks and tobacco rose by 0.6% in the euro area and 0.4% in the EU27. The non food sector remained stable in the euro area and fell by 0.3% in the EU27. Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in ten and rose in eleven. The largest decreases were observed in Slovenia (-5.0%), Poland (-2.7%) and Romania (-2.5%), and the highest increases in Malta (+4.7%), Luxembourg (+2.2%) and Denmark (+1.9%). Annual comparison In February 2012, compared with February 2011, Food, drinks and tobacco fell by 1.0% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU27. The non food sector decreased by 1.6% and 0.2% respectively. Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in eight and rose in thirteen. The largest decreases were observed in Portugal (-9.6%), Bulgaria (-6.4%) and Spain (-6.2%), and the highest increases in Estonia (+14.8%), Latvia (+10.0%) and Denmark (+8.1%). 1. 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. As from March 2012, the 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: 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 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). 3. Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 34/2012 of 5 March 2012. The monthly growth rates for January 2012 have been revised from +0.3% to +1.1% in the EA17 and from +0.4% to +0.9% in the EU27. The annual growth rates have been revised from 0.0% to -1.1% in the EA17 and from +0.7% to -0.1% in the EU27. 4. 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* EA17 Total retail trade -0.6-0.1-0.3-1.2 1.1-0.1 Food, drinks, tobacco 0.0 0.0-0.7-1.4 0.9 0.6 Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which: -1.1 0.2-0.1-0.9 1.0 0.0 Textiles, clothing, footwear -5.5 2.9 0.9 0.0 1.1 : Electrical goods and furniture -0.2 0.2-0.9 1.1-1.4 : Computer equipment, books and other -0.4 0.2-0.9 0.4 0.9 : Pharmaceutical and medical goods -0.8-0.4 0.7-0.6-0.1 : Mail orders and internet -0.7 0.5-0.6 2.4-1.7 : Automotive fuel in specialised stores -0.4-0.4-0.2-0.9 1.4 : EU27 Total retail trade -0.2 0.1-0.2-0.7 0.9-0.4 Food, drinks, tobacco 0.3 0.1-0.8-0.8 0.6 0.4 Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which: -0.5 0.5 0.0-0.5 1.1-0.3 Textiles, clothing, footwear -3.5 2.0 0.9 1.2-0.2 : Electrical goods and furniture 0.3 0.2-0.9 0.3 0.4 : Computer equipment, books and other 0.3 1.1-1.1 0.1 1.5 : Pharmaceutical and medical goods -0.4-0.5 0.7-0.9 0.6 : Mail orders and internet -0.7-0.1 3.0 0.8-0.3 : Automotive fuel in specialised stores -0.3-0.2 0.3-0.6-0.3 : EA17-0.6-0.1-0.3-1.2 1.1-0.1 EU27-0.2 0.1-0.2-0.7 0.9-0.4 Belgium -0.5 0.6 0.0 1.6-0.2 0.3 Bulgaria -0.4-0.8-0.4 0.9-0.5-2.0 Czech Republic -0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 c Denmark -0.1-2.1 1.7 0.7-2.6 1.9 Germany 0.4-0.2-0.3 0.5-1.2-1.1 Estonia 0.0 0.3 1.5 0.9 3.5 1.5 Ireland -0.3 0.0 1.9-0.1-1.4-0.3 Greece -2.9-2.7-0.3-2.3 0.5 c Spain -1.6-1.1-0.7-1.2 0.2 0.7 France -0.5 0.4-0.3-1.0 1.0 1.2 Italy -0.5 0.1-0.4-5.4 5.8 c Cyprus -0.6-0.7-0.7-1.8 c c Latvia 0.8-2.6 1.8-1.9 5.6-2.2 Lithuania 0.8 0.6 2.0-0.7 0.3-2.4 Luxembourg 0.5 0.2 2.7 1.6-4.5 2.2 Hungary 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1-0.1 c Malta -0.3 4.3-4.7-2.2-0.3 4.7 Netherlands -1.5 1.0 0.2-1.0 2.0 c Austria 0.0-0.5 0.8-1.2 0.5-0.6 Poland 1.6 1.2-1.2 0.5-0.2-2.7 Portugal -4.7-3.1-2.6 2.5-2.2 1.6 Romania -0.5 2.2 0.1 1.6 0.7-2.5 Slovenia -1.3 0.4 0.1-1.4 5.2-5.0 Slovakia 0.0-0.1 0.1-0.3 2.7 0.2 Finland 0.5 0.0-0.3-0.4 3.7 0.3 Sweden -0.5 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.4 1.0 United Kingdom 1.0 0.7-0.1 0.5 1.0-1.1 Norway -0.5 0.4-0.1-0.6 1.1 1.0 Switzerland -0.2 3.1 0.2-2.0 1.6 : * Seasonally adjusted : Data not available c Confidential
Volume of retail trade % change compared with the same month of the previous year* EA17 Total retail trade -1.1-0.7-1.4-1.7-1.1-2.1 Food, drinks, tobacco 0.0-0.4-1.5-2.9-1.7-1.0 Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which: -1.9-0.9-1.0-0.7-0.5-1.6 Textiles, clothing, footwear -8.5-4.3-4.2-3.8 0.3 : Electrical goods and furniture -0.4-0.4-1.3 0.6-2.7 : Computer equipment, books and other 0.9 3.0 0.9 1.3 2.2 : Pharmaceutical and medical goods 0.1-0.1 0.9 0.1-0.5 : Mail orders and internet 4.0 2.7 1.2 2.9 1.8 : Automotive fuel in specialised stores -4.4-4.6-4.2-3.2-3.5 : EU27 Total retail trade -0.7-0.3-0.6 0.1-0.1-1.1 Food, drinks, tobacco 0.0-0.2-1.6-1.7-1.1-0.3 Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which: -1.1-0.1 0.1 1.3 0.9-0.2 Textiles, clothing, footwear -6.5-3.5-2.9 0.4 0.6 : Electrical goods and furniture -0.5-0.1-0.9 0.8-0.7 : Computer equipment, books and other 0.5 2.8 0.6 1.5 2.7 : Pharmaceutical and medical goods 0.3-0.1 1.0 0.1-0.3 : Mail orders and internet 8.6 6.7 11.2 10.2 9.6 : Automotive fuel in specialised stores -3.2-3.5-2.2-0.6-2.7 : EA17-1.1-0.7-1.4-1.7-1.1-2.1 EU27-0.7-0.3-0.6 0.1-0.1-1.1 Belgium -2.4-0.4-3.1 1.1 2.8 4.8 Bulgaria -3.4-5.2-5.4-2.5-2.6-6.4 Czech Republic -1.3-1.2-0.4 2.0 0.0 c Denmark -1.9-4.4-2.6-1.6-2.4 8.1 Germany 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2-1.4-2.5 Estonia 5.0 4.7 5.7 7.5 14.8 14.8 Ireland -3.3-2.9-0.5 1.1-2.4-1.5 Greece -6.5-10.8-8.9-12.6-10.4 c Spain -5.6-7.0-7.0-5.6-5.6-6.2 France 1.8 2.8 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 Italy -3.3-1.4-3.3-5.4-0.1 c Cyprus 0.2-1.2-2.2-6.4 c c Latvia 8.0 5.4 7.5 7.0 15.1 10.0 Lithuania 9.9 9.8 12.3 12.1 11.7 4.2 Luxembourg 6.8 6.2 6.4 11.2 0.4 2.3 Hungary 0.9 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.7 c Malta -1.7 6.4-2.7-1.6-5.7 2.7 Netherlands -4.8-2.3-2.7-2.0-0.4 c Austria -1.2-1.5-0.9-1.9-0.3-1.4 Poland -0.5-0.4 0.3-1.4 2.4-2.7 Portugal -7.0-9.7-9.2-8.8-8.0-9.6 Romania -4.8 2.1 2.9 8.1 8.9 2.1 Slovenia 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.1 4.5-1.2 Slovakia -3.7-3.1-3.0-3.3 3.2 3.8 Finland 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.5 5.4 6.3 Sweden -1.5-1.0 0.1 0.8 1.2 2.7 United Kingdom 1.3 1.7 1.5 6.1 2.7 1.8 Norway 1.2 2.5 0.3 2.0 5.9 : Switzerland -1.4 0.1 1.8 1.7 4.4 : * Working day adjusted : Data not available c Confidential
Deflated Turnover for Total Retail Trade seasonally adjusted (Base year 2005) 02/11 03/11 04/11 05/11 06/11 07/11 08/11 09/11 10/11 11/11 12/11 01/12 02/12 EA17 101.9 100.8 101.5 100.1 100.9 101.4 101.4 100.8 100.7 100.4 99.2 100.2 100.1 EU27 105.5 104.7 105.5 104.1 104.9 105.2 105.2 105.0 105.1 104.9 104.2 105.1 104.7 BE 103.6 104.3 105.9 106.1 105.2 106.2 105.9 105.3 106.0 106.0 107.8 107.5 107.9 BG 123.1 123.5 122.7 123.1 122.0 121.4 121.1 120.6 119.7 119.2 120.3 119.7 117.3 CZ 120.4 119.4 120.5 119.0 118.6 118.4 119.0 118.3 118.4 118.5 118.8 119.3 c DK 91.8 91.2 95.1 91.2 92.1 90.5 91.8 91.7 89.8 91.3 91.9 89.5 91.2 DE 99.0 97.6 98.0 96.1 98.7 99.3 98.5 98.9 98.7 98.4 98.9 97.7 96.6 EE 101.8 103.5 103.6 104.1 105.7 107.4 107.8 107.7 108.1 109.7 110.7 114.6 116.2 IE 104.2 104.5 104.0 103.0 103.6 103.3 103.0 102.7 102.7 104.6 104.5 103.0 102.7 EL 89.1 87.5 86.5 84.6 83.8 85.6 85.5 83.0 80.8 80.5 78.7 79.1 c ES 88.2 86.1 88.2 85.5 85.9 86.2 86.4 85.0 84.1 83.5 82.5 82.7 83.3 FR 115.6 114.8 115.5 113.9 115.0 115.4 116.1 115.5 116.0 115.7 114.5 115.6 117.0 IT 96.9 96.7 96.5 96.2 96.1 96.0 95.9 95.4 95.5 95.2 90.1 95.3 c CY 118.9 128.9 126.7 119.9 123.1 117.9 118.2 117.5 116.7 115.9 113.8 c c LV 91.7 92.3 91.7 94.3 95.9 97.6 99.7 100.5 97.9 99.6 97.7 103.1 100.9 LT 100.2 100.5 101.1 101.2 102.9 102.7 104.5 105.3 106.0 108.2 107.5 107.8 105.2 LU 134.7 131.7 132.9 133.9 134.1 134.8 135.8 136.5 136.8 140.5 142.8 136.3 139.3 HU 93.5 93.4 93.4 93.8 93.5 93.4 93.8 93.9 93.9 94.0 94.1 94.0 c MT 102.4 105.5 103.6 108.1 105.2 101.5 103.8 103.4 107.9 102.8 100.6 100.3 105.1 NL 102.0 100.7 100.6 100.7 99.3 100.4 99.7 98.3 99.2 99.4 98.5 100.4 c AT 105.0 104.6 104.8 103.0 105.7 105.3 105.0 105.0 104.5 105.3 104.0 104.5 103.9 PL 144.1 142.3 142.6 143.2 141.8 139.9 142.2 144.5 146.2 144.4 145.1 144.8 140.9 PT 97.2 91.8 94.2 91.9 92.9 95.6 96.6 92.1 89.2 86.9 89.1 87.1 88.5 RO 142.0 143.5 144.3 143.2 143.7 144.1 144.1 143.4 146.5 146.6 149.0 150.0 146.2 SI 111.5 109.3 109.9 108.6 109.2 110.4 112.9 111.4 111.8 111.9 110.3 116.0 110.2 SK 107.2 107.0 107.6 106.4 106.4 106.0 106.2 106.2 106.1 106.2 105.8 108.7 108.9 FI 111.7 112.2 114.3 115.2 114.1 114.6 114.5 115.1 115.1 114.7 114.2 118.4 118.8 SE 111.8 111.5 113.8 110.9 114.0 112.6 112.2 111.6 112.3 113.3 113.3 113.7 114.8 UK 112.9 112.9 114.0 112.4 113.1 113.3 113.0 114.1 114.9 114.8 115.3 116.5 115.2 NO 119.2 118.3 119.0 120.2 120.1 119.7 121.3 120.7 121.2 121.1 120.4 121.7 122.9 CH 115.9 116.3 117.2 112.7 122.0 118.6 113.6 113.4 116.8 117.1 114.7 116.6 : : Data not available c Confidential
Deflated Turnover for Total Retail Trade working days adjusted (Base year 2005) 02/09 02/10 02/11 03/11 04/11 05/11 06/11 07/11 08/11 09/11 10/11 11/11 12/11 01/12 02/12 EA17 88.0 88.4 89.4 97.7 99.5 97.8 99.6 104.5 99.3 99.0 104.0 99.5 123.5 95.2 87.5 EU27 91.5 91.8 92.9 100.8 103.5 101.8 103.6 107.6 103.3 102.9 108.0 106.1 130.3 98.2 92.0 BE 93.4 88.4 91.1 104.5 108.2 105.6 102.8 109.3 98.9 103.9 109.6 100.0 129.7 106.1 95.4 BG 123.3 108.3 107.7 114.9 116.6 119.9 122.1 127.0 127.3 126.4 127.7 123.2 136.3 105.8 100.8 CZ 101.8 99.2 101.8 115.7 120.0 117.6 118.1 117.0 116.3 119.6 124.1 122.9 147.6 104.6 c DK 81.9 80.2 78.6 89.1 94.3 93.4 92.5 91.6 93.2 87.3 89.7 90.4 114.7 84.0 85.0 DE 84.4 85.3 87.4 98.7 98.2 95.5 95.2 99.3 95.7 97.0 103.0 102.2 118.6 89.4 85.2 EE 91.2 84.1 85.9 99.0 100.3 107.7 113.0 115.9 114.8 105.3 109.2 105.1 127.6 101.0 98.6 IE 101.8 100.7 97.6 95.7 100.5 98.4 100.2 104.9 100.8 97.7 100.2 107.8 143.4 96.3 96.1 EL 99.5 101.4 90.8 83.0 87.4 77.9 81.0 87.0 84.3 80.7 80.8 78.0 90.6 79.6 c ES 82.5 81.7 77.3 83.6 84.9 83.9 85.5 93.7 82.5 82.6 85.7 79.9 97.0 87.5 72.5 FR 90.9 93.0 98.5 106.6 112.1 108.3 114.5 116.1 119.4 113.5 120.1 116.4 147.7 109.9 99.3 IT 85.9 86.2 86.4 93.5 92.9 93.9 95.2 103.9 88.8 94.8 100.2 88.9 119.1 88.3 c CY 104.2 100.8 105.9 120.5 132.2 120.2 138.0 126.3 114.8 111.9 110.8 104.3 138.8 c c LV 88.6 76.5 79.4 87.0 87.8 94.2 97.2 102.2 106.5 102.3 100.4 96.4 113.7 93.3 87.3 LT 95.0 80.1 85.4 96.1 97.4 101.8 103.2 107.4 113.0 106.7 109.6 105.4 124.5 97.6 89.0 LU 95.6 105.7 118.4 130.2 129.3 128.0 129.2 135.3 122.1 130.7 140.1 151.3 192.0 130.4 121.2 HU 77.7 74.5 74.6 87.0 90.7 91.5 93.7 100.0 100.0 98.0 100.3 95.8 117.6 76.0 c MT 89.9 93.4 90.0 99.1 102.0 107.7 106.5 108.8 105.9 104.4 112.7 100.6 113.2 92.5 92.4 NL 91.0 87.5 88.7 99.7 100.1 103.8 101.2 101.9 98.6 96.1 100.8 99.7 112.9 95.1 c AT 91.3 94.5 93.6 104.7 105.4 99.7 101.4 106.5 100.9 103.0 108.6 105.8 128.5 98.8 92.3 PL 121.3 119.3 124.2 142.7 141.2 142.8 141.6 142.6 147.7 148.5 154.0 139.3 172.1 125.9 120.8 PT 85.6 86.2 83.0 88.6 89.3 89.0 88.9 99.6 100.2 92.2 89.8 86.6 118.8 79.8 75.0 RO 132.9 122.0 116.4 136.3 140.6 143.2 145.5 150.6 155.9 150.5 157.5 151.5 171.7 121.3 118.8 SI 95.4 91.5 96.5 108.7 111.5 109.5 110.5 112.9 112.5 113.9 118.4 108.4 125.0 105.2 95.3 SK 98.2 95.3 95.4 101.4 101.6 103.1 106.7 107.8 108.9 109.0 109.8 109.1 126.2 98.9 99.0 FI 91.0 91.4 93.8 105.3 112.5 119.5 122.5 121.9 118.2 112.1 115.2 112.7 142.2 106.8 99.7 SE 89.8 90.6 93.0 103.9 114.0 113.5 120.2 117.9 116.7 110.2 111.7 111.4 139.0 99.5 95.5 UK 99.8 101.7 102.8 105.5 110.6 108.4 109.8 112.2 108.2 108.7 114.7 125.5 149.3 106.9 104.7 NO 95.1 97.3 99.6 108.8 108.2 118.6 126.9 121.5 126.2 117.1 121.7 123.1 155.4 113.7 : CH 100.0 103.2 105.0 111.6 123.2 111.1 119.8 116.1 105.8 107.1 113.6 114.4 149.4 116.4 : : Data not available c Confidential