Eurozone retail sales volume in May 2009, fell by 0.4% compared with April. It declined by 0.5% in the EU27. In April retail trade rose by 0.1% and 0.3% respectively.
In the 12 months to May 2009, the retail sales index decreased by 3.3% in the Eurozone and by 3.1% in the EU27.
Monthly changes
In May 2009, compared with April 2009, "Food, drinks and tobacco" rose by 0.2% in the Eurozone but fell by 0.1% in the EU27. The non food sector decreased by 0.6% and 0.7% respectively.
Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade rose in four and fell in twelve. The only increases were observed in Latvia (+0.9%), Belgium (+0.6%), Germany and Romania (both +0.4%), and the largest decreases in Lithuania and Austria (both -1.8%), Slovakia (-1.7%), Bulgaria, Denmark and Sweden (all -1.1%).
Ireland provided no data in respect of May.
Annual changes
In May 2009, compared with May 2008, "Food, drinks and tobacco" fell by 1.7% in the Eurozone and by 1.6% in the EU27. The non food sector declined by 3.4% and 2.9% respectively.
Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in fourteen and rose only in Sweden (+2.2%) and Poland (+0.4%). The largest decreases were observed in Latvia (-26.4%), Lithuania (-19.9%) and Slovenia (-13.4%).
These first estimates come from Eurostat, the EU statistics office
The Eurozone (EA16) includes Belgium, Germany, 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).
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