Monthly survey on retail trade - 2024-11
Published on the 20th of December 2024
Turnover in retail trade was stable in November
Note: The change in retail sales does not reflect the change in total household consumption as the latter includes other items such as health care, education and rents.
In November, , turnover in retail trade was stable month-on-month (data adjusted for seasonal and working-day variations) after a very slight decrease of 0.1% in October. Sales volumes of manufactured goods remained also stable over the two months, while food sales declined very slightly (down 0.1% in November and 0.3% in October). Trends in the sales of manufactured goods varied across sub-sectors, with growth in games and toys (up 4.9% in November, after a drop of 0.6% in October) and new cars (up 3.8% and 0.4%), in particular, and contraction in consumer electronics (down 3.3%, after a 3.6% increase) and bicycles and motorcycles (down 1.8%, after an increase of 4.0%).
In terms of distribution channels, department store sales were buoyant (up 1.4% in November and 1.3% in October), while hypermarket, supermarket and small retailer sales slipped a little in November, by 0.6%, 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively.
Three-month-on-three-month, overall turnover in retail trade edged down by 0.2%, due to dips in both manufactured goods and food products (down 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively).
In terms of distribution channels, department store sales were buoyant (up 1.4% in November and 1.3% in October), while hypermarket, supermarket and small retailer sales slipped a little in November, by 0.6%, 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively.
Three-month-on-three-month, overall turnover in retail trade edged down by 0.2%, due to dips in both manufactured goods and food products (down 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively).
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. Total and manufactured products series are reconstituted by aggregating the SA-WDA series of the sub-components.
3) SA-WDA: Seasonally and working-day adjusted.
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. Total and manufactured products series are reconstituted by aggregating the SA-WDA series of the sub-components.
3) SA-WDA: Seasonally and working-day adjusted.
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Updated on the 19th of February 2025