Thursday 9 February 2017

Volume of retail trade down by 0.3% in euro area

Eurostat news release 24/2017 – 3 February 2017

In December 2016 compared with November 2016, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade fell by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.8% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

In November the retail trade volume decreased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU28.

In December 2016 compared with December 2015 the calendar adjusted retail sales index increased by 1.1% in the euro area and by 2.3% in the EU28.

The average retail trade for the year 2016, compared with 2015, rose by 1.8% in the euro area and by 2.8% in the EU28.

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