Monthly survey on retail trade 2023May
Published on 21 June 2023
Manufactured goods sales picked up slightly in May
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 May, sales of manufactured goods edged up by 0.4% (after -2.1% in April), with contrasting trends across sub-sectors: new car sales surged by 10.0% (after -2.9%), pharmaceuticals rose by 4.6% (after -0.3%) and consumer electronics by 4.5% (after -5.6%), while perfumes and toilet preparations fell by 12.1% (after increasing by 0.2%), watches and jewellery by 4.0% (after -0.3%), and household appliances were down sharply.
Food sales continued to decline, by 3.0% compared with April.
In terms of distribution channels, sales of department shops, hypermarkets and supermarkets all rose by around 2% compared with April. Only sales of small retailers were down slightly (-0.4% compared with April).
Three-month-on-three-month,overall turnover in retail trade was stable (+0.0%), with an increase in manufactured goods sales (0.3%) and a fall in food sales (-0.8%).
Food sales continued to decline, by 3.0% compared with April.
In terms of distribution channels, sales of department shops, hypermarkets and supermarkets all rose by around 2% compared with April. Only sales of small retailers were down slightly (-0.4% compared with April).
Three-month-on-three-month,overall turnover in retail trade was stable (+0.0%), with an increase in manufactured goods sales (0.3%) and a fall in food sales (-0.8%).
Total manufactured goods and food sales
Month-on-month change (%) - Seasonally and working-day adjusted volumes
Notes :
1) 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)
2) 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.
1) 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)
2) 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.
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