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February 2014 compared with January 2014 Volume of retail trade up by 0.4% in euro area Up by 0.5% in EU28

3 April 2014

In February 2014 compared with January 2014, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade1 rose by 0.4% in the euro area2 (EA18) and by 0.5% in the EU282, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In January3 retail trade increased by 1.0% and 0.6% respectively.

In February 2014 compared with February 20134 the retail sales index increased by 0.8% in the euro area and by 1.5% in the EU28.


Monthly comparison by retail sector and by Member State
The 0.4% increase in the volume of retail trade in the euro area in February 2014, compared with January 2014, is due to rises of 0.8% for the non-food sector and of 0.3% for “Food, drinks and tobacco”, while automotive fuel fell by 0.8%. In the EU28, the 0.5% increase in retail trade is due to rises of 0.8% for the non-food sector and of 0.6% for “Food, drinks and tobacco”, while automotive fuel fell by 0.7%.
The highest increases in total retail trade were registered in Malta (+1.9%), Denmark, Romania and the United Kingdom (all +1.4%) and Germany (+1.3%), and the largest decreases in Estonia (-3.4%), Poland (-1.5%), Slovenia and Finland (both -1.4%).


Annual comparison by retail sector and by Member State
The 0.8% increase in the volume of retail trade in the euro area in February 2014, compared with February 2013, is due to rises of 2.0% for the non-food sector and of 0.8% for automotive fuel, while “Food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 0.4%. In the EU28, the 1.5% increase in retail trade is due to rises of 2.9% for the non-food sector, of 0.8% for automotive fuel and of 0.3% for “Food, drinks and tobacco”.
The highest increases in total retail trade were observed in Luxembourg (+12.8%), Bulgaria (+9.2%), Romania (+8.7%) and Hungary (+6.7%). Decreases were registered in Malta (-1.4%), Slovenia and Finland (both -1.0%) and Spain (-0.4%).



  1. The index of the volume of retail trade measures the evolution of the turnover in retail trade, adjusted for price changes (deflated), i.e. the evolution of the total amount of goods sold, based on data adjusted for working day and seasonal effects. Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data. Eurostat carries out the seasonal adjustment of the data for those countries that do not adjust their data for seasonal effects. Missing observations from Member States for recent months are estimated for the calculation of the euro area and the EU.
The weights of the Member States in the EU and euro area aggregates can be found at:
See file: EU-28_EA-18 _NEWS_RELEASE_WEIGHTINGS_2010
More detailed data can be found in the short-term statistics database on the Eurostat website:
  1. The euro area (EA18) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
The European Union (EU28) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The tables also include Norway and Switzerland.
  1. Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release 33/2014 of 5 March 2014. The monthly growth rates for January 2014 have been revised from +1.6% to +1.0% in the euro area and from +0.9% to +0.6% in the EU28. The annual growth rates have been revised from +1.3% to +0.8% in the euro area and from +1.9% to +1.5% in the EU28.
  2. Based on data adjusted for working days.
  3. Data for Cyprus have been revised by the National Statistical Institute to take into account a new base year, and are confidential until published nationally.







Issued by: Eurostat Press Office

Tim ALLEN
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For further information on data:

Anastassios GIANNOPLIDIS
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Selected Principal European Economic Indicators: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/euroindicators
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the previous month*
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
EA18






Total retail trade
-0.8
-0.4
1.1
-1.2
1.0
0.4
Food, drinks, tobacco
-0.7
0.1
0.6
-1.6
0.9
0.3
Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:
-0.1
-0.8
1.3
-1.0
1.1
0.8
Textiles, clothing, footwear
-1.3
-1.6
3.5
-2.7
1.6
:
Electrical goods and furniture
0.0
-0.8
0.7
-1.3
1.6
:
Computer equipment, books and other
-0.3
-0.6
1.4
-2.0
2.0
:
Pharmaceutical and medical goods
0.2
-0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
:
Mail orders and internet
1.0
-0.4
1.6
-0.8
0.1
:
Automotive fuel in specialised stores
-0.7
-0.5
1.0
-0.2
0.4
-0.8
EU28






Total retail trade
-0.5
-0.5
1.0
-0.6
0.6
0.5
Food, drinks, tobacco
-0.8
0.2
0.5
-0.9
0.2
0.6
Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:
0.3
-0.9
1.3
-0.4
0.8
0.8
Textiles, clothing, footwear
-0.3
-2.1
3.6
-1.9
0.3
:
Electrical goods and furniture
0.5
-0.9
0.9
-1.1
2.1
:
Computer equipment, books and other
0.6
-0.7
1.1
-1.3
1.5
:
Pharmaceutical and medical goods
0.5
-0.3
0.2
0.1
0.6
:
Mail orders and internet
0.6
-0.4
1.5
1.3
-1.0
:
Automotive fuel in specialised stores
-0.6
-0.6
0.7
-0.2
0.7
-0.7

Total retail trade
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
EA18
-0.8
-0.4
1.1
-1.2
1.0
0.4
EU28
-0.5
-0.5
1.0
-0.6
0.6
0.5
Belgium
-1.3
-1.0
1.5
-0.7
1.9
-0.2
Bulgaria
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
2.1
1.0
Czech Republic
0.1
-1.0
3.2
-1.2
0.7
c
Denmark
0.1
-1.0
1.7
-0.6
-0.8
1.4
Germany
0.1
-0.6
1.0
-1.5
1.7
1.3
Estonia
-0.9
2.4
0.4
-1.0
4.5
-3.4
Ireland
-0.4
0.2
1.2
1.5
-0.6
-0.5
Greece
-0.3
-0.3
1.7
-3.3
:
:
Spain
-5.0
-1.4
2.0
-3.5
2.1
-0.1
France
-0.7
-0.2
1.2
-0.8
0.0
0.4
Croatia
-1.7
-1.7
0.7
-0.8
-0.4
c
Italy
-0.3
0.0
0.1
-0.3
0.2
c
Cyprus5
c
c
c
c
c
c
Latvia
0.0
0.1
1.6
-0.3
-1.5
0.1
Lithuania
-0.5
0.2
0.9
0.1
0.9
-0.5
Luxembourg
0.4
0.6
1.7
1.0
1.2
1.1
Hungary
0.1
0.7
0.9
-0.1
0.8
0.5
Malta
-0.5
0.3
-2.7
1.7
-0.5
1.9
Netherlands
-0.1
-0.1
0.2
0.3
0.3
c
Austria
-0.7
-0.7
2.1
-1.7
0.4
1.0
Poland
0.3
-1.2
1.4
-0.8
1.1
-1.5
Portugal
-3.2
-0.7
3.9
-5.7
6.4
-1.1
Romania
0.0
0.6
0.9
0.8
2.3
1.4
Slovenia
-2.9
1.6
0.4
0.2
0.8
-1.4
Slovakia
-0.2
0.2
0.8
-0.3
1.2
0.4
Finland
0.8
-0.4
-0.5
-0.2
1.5
-1.4
Sweden
0.5
-0.4
1.4
-1.2
0.7
0.5
United Kingdom
0.7
-0.8
0.2
2.5
-1.5
1.4
Norway
0.7
-1.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.7
Switzerland
-0.5
0.1
2.0
-0.8
-1.8
:
* Working day and seasonally adjusted : Data not available c Confidential
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the same month of the previous year*
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
EA18






Total retail trade
-0.1
-0.4
1.4
-0.4
0.8
0.8
Food, drinks, tobacco
-1.4
-0.2
1.1
-1.4
-0.5
-0.4
Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:
0.7
-0.5
2.4
0.4
1.6
2.0
Textiles, clothing, footwear
-1.1
-1.8
4.6
-0.9
3.0
:
Electrical goods and furniture
-1.1
-1.6
0.0
-1.4
0.4
:
Computer equipment, books and other
0.8
-0.4
2.1
0.5
1.1
:
Pharmaceutical and medical goods
2.9
1.2
2.1
2.4
1.8
:
Mail orders and internet
4.7
2.6
6.4
2.8
2.7
:
Automotive fuel in specialised stores
1.1
0.1
0.2
-0.1
1.4
0.8
EU28






Total retail trade
0.6
0.3
2.0
0.5
1.5
1.5
Food, drinks, tobacco
-1.2
0.0
1.0
-1.0
0.2
0.3
Non food products (except automotive fuel), of which:
2.0
0.7
3.4
1.9
2.6
2.9
Textiles, clothing, footwear
0.3
-1.0
5.4
0.4
2.1
:
Electrical goods and furniture
-0.5
-0.8
0.5
-0.4
1.9
:
Computer equipment, books and other
2.1
0.9
2.8
1.7
2.3
:
Pharmaceutical and medical goods
4.2
2.5
3.4
3.0
2.2
:
Mail orders and internet
9.8
7.2
10.3
8.1
6.8
:
Automotive fuel in specialised stores
0.5
-0.1
0.2
-0.3
1.2
0.8

Total retail trade
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
EA18
-0.1
-0.4
1.4
-0.4
0.8
0.8
EU28
0.6
0.3
2.0
0.5
1.5
1.5
Belgium
-3.6
-4.3
-0.9
-2.9
0.0
1.7
Bulgaria
7.0
7.7
6.9
5.5
7.3
9.2
Czech Republic
0.0
-0.8
4.4
0.7
1.5
c
Denmark
-1.1
-1.8
0.8
-0.5
-0.9
0.6
Germany
0.8
0.3
1.4
-1.0
1.0
2.0
Estonia
-0.7
5.5
5.7
1.6
8.0
4.3
Ireland
0.2
-1.9
2.1
3.7
3.4
2.5
Greece
-5.2
-1.2
2.8
-6.1
:
:
Spain
2.0
-0.3
2.1
-1.1
0.5
-0.4
France
1.5
0.7
2.8
1.8
1.4
1.3
Croatia
0.8
-1.5
-0.2
-2.0
-3.0
c
Italy
-2.1
-1.6
-0.4
-1.9
-0.2
c
Cyprus5
c
c
c
c
c
c
Latvia
2.2
2.9
5.1
4.7
1.8
2.0
Lithuania
4.1
2.9
4.2
3.9
5.5
4.3
Luxembourg
8.9
7.2
10.1
10.1
12.2
12.8
Hungary
2.3
4.5
6.6
3.6
6.2
6.7
Malta
-0.6
0.2
-4.3
0.6
-1.1
-1.4
Netherlands
-5.0
-2.8
-1.4
-1.5
-0.5
c
Austria
0.8
-1.0
1.9
-0.2
0.3
1.6
Poland
7.0
5.3
6.8
5.4
2.4
2.4
Portugal
-1.6
0.0
4.3
-0.6
2.2
1.7
Romania
-0.6
2.0
2.0
5.5
5.2
8.7
Slovenia
-4.7
-1.4
-0.6
-0.1
-0.3
-1.0
Slovakia
-1.0
-0.7
1.3
0.7
3.1
4.0
Finland
-0.9
0.1
-1.7
-2.1
-0.4
-1.0
Sweden
1.4
3.1
3.9
1.2
1.9
1.9
United Kingdom
2.0
1.6
2.4
3.0
4.6
3.8
Norway
1.6
1.0
1.2
0.7
0.1
0.4
Switzerland
1.1
1.5
4.2
2.5
0.3
:
* Working day adjusted : Data not available c Confidential
Deflated turnover indices for total retail trade, working day and seasonally adjusted
(base year 2010)
02/13
03/13
04/13
05/13
06/13
07/13
08/13
09/13
10/13
11/13
12/13
01/14
02/14
EA18
96.4
96.3
96.3
97.4
96.5
97.1
97.6
96.8
96.4
97.4
96.2
97.2
97.6
EU28
97.5
97.4
97.2
98.4
97.9
98.4
98.7
98.2
97.8
98.7
98.2
98.7
99.2
Belgium
101.3
101.8
100.5
102.6
102.9
104.0
102.0
100.7
99.7
101.2
100.5
102.4
102.2
Bulgaria
105.5
106.2
107.3
107.3
108.0
109.1
109.4
110.1
110.7
111.1
111.4
113.8
114.8
Czech Republic
99.0
100.7
98.0
100.2
97.9
98.6
99.5
99.6
98.6
101.7
100.5
101.2
c
Denmark
94.5
94.1
93.4
94.0
95.1
94.0
94.1
94.2
93.3
94.9
94.3
93.5
94.8
Germany
101.6
101.2
101.4
102.3
101.3
101.3
101.5
101.6
101.0
102.0
100.5
102.2
103.5
Estonia
110.0
112.8
111.7
114.4
110.7
111.4
112.7
111.7
114.3
114.9
113.8
118.8
114.8
Ireland
98.1
97.3
96.9
98.2
98.0
99.2
99.0
98.6
98.8
100.0
101.5
101.0
100.5
Greece
72.6
74.0
71.8
75.8
73.0
70.8
72.9
72.7
72.4
73.7
71.2
:
:
Spain
81.4
81.2
81.3
82.5
82.0
82.5
86.2
81.9
80.8
82.4
79.5
81.2
81.1
France
102.1
102.3
102.5
104.2
102.5
104.7
104.6
103.9
103.7
104.9
104.1
104.1
104.5
Croatia
95.8
96.3
96.7
97.9
98.4
96.5
97.6
95.9
94.3
95.0
94.2
93.8
c
Italy
93.0
92.9
92.9
92.9
92.8
92.5
92.7
92.4
92.4
92.5
92.2
92.4
c
Cyprus5
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
Latvia
111.9
113.3
110.3
114.2
112.9
114.9
114.5
114.5
114.7
116.5
116.1
114.4
114.5
Lithuania
112.2
113.4
113.2
115.7
116.0
115.9
116.4
115.8
116.0
117.1
117.2
118.3
117.7
Luxembourg
147.5
148.2
150.9
151.1
153.1
153.0
155.5
156.2
157.0
159.7
161.4
163.3
165.2
Hungary
97.5
98.1
99.4
99.6
99.3
100.1
100.7
100.8
101.5
102.4
102.3
103.1
103.6
Malta
99.9
99.6
94.6
97.2
97.0
99.3
98.0
97.6
97.8
95.2
96.8
96.3
98.2
Netherlands
92.6
91.8
91.4
91.6
92.0
92.0
91.8
91.7
91.6
91.8
92.0
92.3
c
Austria
97.6
97.0
98.1
99.6
97.3
98.7
98.9
98.2
97.5
99.5
97.8
98.2
99.2
Poland
100.5
101.3
101.9
103.2
103.1
103.9
103.9
104.2
103.0
104.4
103.6
104.7
103.1
Portugal
85.4
84.0
84.3
84.8
85.1
85.8
87.8
85.0
84.4
87.7
82.7
88.0
87.0
Romania
103.3
102.0
104.2
101.5
101.8
104.5
104.7
104.7
105.3
106.3
107.1
109.6
111.1
Slovenia
96.3
95.1
95.3
96.3
96.8
94.2
96.7
93.9
95.4
95.8
96.0
96.8
95.4
Slovakia
96.1
96.5
97.0
97.4
97.0
97.4
97.0
96.8
97.0
97.8
97.5
98.6
99.0
Finland
103.2
104.5
101.7
103.9
102.5
102.5
102.3
103.1
102.7
102.2
102.0
103.5
102.1
Sweden
104.8
104.9
103.0
104.9
105.9
104.4
105.1
105.6
105.2
106.7
105.4
106.1
106.6
United Kingdom
100.3
100.0
99.1
101.0
101.1
102.3
101.3
102.0
101.2
101.4
103.9
102.4
103.8
Norway
107.7
107.7
106.9
108.8
108.4
107.0
107.2
108.0
106.9
107.3
107.3
107.3
108.0
Switzerland
105.4
105.3
106.7
106.4
106.9
105.8
107.3
106.7
106.8
109.0
108.1
106.1
:
: Data not available
c Confidential
Deflated turnover indices for total retail trade, working days adjusted
(base year 2010)
02/11
02/12
02/13
03/13
04/13
05/13
06/13
07/13
08/13
09/13
10/13
11/13
12/13
01/14
02/14
EA18
88.3
86.5
84.6
94.6
93.7
95.9
94.8
100.4
95.6
95.2
98.7
97.7
116.9
93.6
85.3
EU28
88.2
86.9
85.8
95.2
94.5
97.2
96.6
101.4
97.4
96.7
99.8
100.1
119.5
93.4
87.1
Belgium
87.4
91.6
89.0
103.4
99.0
102.5
103.1
106.9
95.9
99.4
101.8
98.9
119.0
103.2
90.5
Bulgaria
89.0
90.1
86.0
99.5
106.7
107.9
110.5
120.4
120.7
116.9
117.2
111.2
122.3
95.7
93.9
Czech Republic
86.1
83.7
83.7
98.8
95.5
102.4
97.3
97.9
99.1
99.3
101.0
107.1
125.7
88.3
c
Denmark
84.5
80.8
81.0
92.0
92.9
97.3
96.3
93.4
94.4
90.1
91.7
95.4
118.8
86.3
81.5
Germany
90.1
88.8
89.6
102.9
101.7
102.2
99.3
101.5
98.9
100.1
104.2
106.3
115.6
95.2
91.4
Estonia
84.7
98.0
94.0
109.0
108.0
119.0
116.0
119.0
119.0
110.0
116.0
111.0
128.0
108.0
98.0
Ireland
91.8
90.5
91.8
90.5
90.9
94.6
93.9
101.1
96.6
93.4
96.3
104.2
141.5
94.8
94.0
Greece
96.9
84.5
72.5
69.9
69.1
73.1
71.1
72.5
75.3
71.9
69.8
71.3
83.2
:
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Spain
85.6
80.6
72.9
79.1
77.8
80.7
82.0
89.8
81.8
79.9
81.2
79.2
94.1
84.2
72.7
France
90.0
89.4
89.4
98.3
99.0
99.7
100.6
109.5
104.5
102.0
106.5
103.2
129.8
101.8
90.6
Croatia
79.6
75.3
77.1
90.2
92.8
99.2
104.9
117.7
118.8
101.3
95.5
86.3
100.5
76.3
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Italy
85.0
82.1
79.3
90.1
88.6
92.7
88.9
97.2
88.9
92.0
96.7
91.2
116.3
90.2
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Latvia
85.9
92.7
96.4
107.0
103.7
113.5
115.0
122.6
124.8
118.0
118.2
112.2
134.5
103.8
98.3
Lithuania
88.5
92.8
94.7
108.5
107.1
118.3
117.9
123.3
125.9
115.9
119.0
114.4
134.5
106.9
98.7
Luxembourg
97.3
107.8
124.2
142.2
133.5
134.8
133.9
141.4
139.6
143.1
155.2
196.6
274.4
163.7
140.1
Hungary
79.5
79.4
77.5
91.7
96.8
97.9
98.7
107.0
108.5
104.0
107.7
105.0
127.2
84.1
82.7
Malta
85.3
87.9
89.6
96.8
92.8
98.8
98.5
104.3
101.7
98.8
101.4
92.9
104.7
87.1
88.3
Netherlands
87.5
83.2
80.1
89.9
89.3
93.9
94.2
94.3
90.6
91.0
92.8
91.6
107.7
87.2
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Austria
88.4
86.7
86.6
97.9
98.0
98.2
93.9
100.2
96.1
95.2
100.9
100.5
118.6
92.2
88.0
Poland
85.9
87.3
87.2
102.2
101.0
103.4
103.1
106.6
108.0
107.0
107.7
100.6
122.0
94.2
89.3
Portugal
82.7
77.9
72.7
79.6
79.5
82.6
82.7
91.5
94.4
83.9
84.1
85.7
107.7
80.0
73.9
Romania
80.3
82.2
84.0
96.9
102.6
100.8
101.8
109.3
114.9
110.6
111.2
110.5
120.9
90.5
91.3
Slovenia
88.9
86.7
83.4
94.9
94.5
94.7
98.7
96.6
98.5
95.7
100.9
93.0
107.6
89.5
82.6
Slovakia
87.7
89.5
87.9
93.3
92.9
97.2
98.2
98.7
98.9
97.3
98.1
99.3
111.8
91.0
91.4
Finland
83.7
89.3
86.3
98.6
98.4
108.5
109.8
109.2
105.6
100.3
102.0
100.2
127.2
95.1
85.4
Sweden
84.1
85.3
88.1
100.4
99.8
108.2
112.2
110.0
108.2
102.6
105.5
104.7
127.3
94.9
89.8
United Kingdom
90.6
91.0
92.4
95.4
94.4
98.3
99.8
102.3
98.0
98.3
101.0
110.2
129.3
94.2
95.9
Norway
85.1
88.0
90.7
99.7
96.8
112.8
114.3
108.7
110.5
104.8
105.9
108.6
135.7
100.1
91.1
Switzerland
87.4
88.2
90.3
107.1
102.9
105.0
107.1
107.9
102.1
100.5
107.7
109.2
138.5
102.4
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