Monthly survey on retail trade 2022Apr
Published on 20 May 2022
Turnover in retail trade fell slightly in April
Note: The trend in retail sales does not reflect that of total household consumption: the latter includes other items such as health care, education and rents.
In April, turnover in retail trade inched down by 0.8% against March, adjusted for seasonal and working day variations. Food sales rose by 1.9%, whereas those of manufactured goods fell over the month by 3.0%, impacted by the declines in new car sales and furniture sales, which dropped by 6.9% and 7.5% respectively. Over the past three months, manufactured goods sales nevertheless increased by 3.7%, driven by consumer electronics, which fell by 6.5% in April but rose by 6.5% over the three-month period.
In terms of distribution channels, sales of small retailers fell over the month by 5.0%, while those of supermarkets rose by 2.3% and by 2.4% for hypermarkets.
In terms of distribution channels, sales of small retailers fell over the month by 5.0%, while those of supermarkets rose by 2.3% and by 2.4% for hypermarkets.
Total manufactured goods and food sales: M/M-1 change (%)
Month-on-month change; seasonally and working-day adjusted volume terms
Notes :
1) The quarter-on-quarter change is calculated as the ratio of the average of the indices for the current quarter (-February-March-April) to the average for the previous quarter (November-December-January).
2) Sectors are classified according to the relative weight of the products included in the total aggregate of retail trade (weights are given on the right scale)
3) The aggregated and by sub-sector series are seasonally adjusted on an individual basis: the seasonally adjusted series do not represent the sum of the seasonally adjusted components. Given the lockdowns of April 2020 and April 2021, this month's figures should be interpreted with a degree of caution, in particular at the granular product level.
1) The quarter-on-quarter change is calculated as the ratio of the average of the indices for the current quarter (-February-March-April) to the average for the previous quarter (November-December-January).
2) Sectors are classified according to the relative weight of the products included in the total aggregate of retail trade (weights are given on the right scale)
3) The aggregated and by sub-sector series are seasonally adjusted on an individual basis: the seasonally adjusted series do not represent the sum of the seasonally adjusted components. Given the lockdowns of April 2020 and April 2021, this month's figures should be interpreted with a degree of caution, in particular at the granular product level.
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Breakdown by industrial product and outlet category – May 2022