Monthly changes
In January 2011, compared with December 2010, “Food, drinks and tobacco” gained 0.1% in the euro area, but fell by 0.3% in the EU27. The non food sector rose by 0.6% and 1.3% respectively.
Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade increased in nine and declined in nine. The highest increases were observed in Slovenia (+4.6%), Lithuania (+4.3%) and Bulgaria (+2.1%), and the largest decreases in Estonia (-4.2%), Latvia and Malta (both -1.7%).
Annual changes
In January 2011, compared with January 2010, “Food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 0.8% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU27. The non food sector increased by 1.5% and 4.2% respectively.
Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade rose in nine and decreased in nine. The highest increases were observed in Poland (+13.1%), the United Kingdom (+5.6%) and France (+4.3%), and the largest decreases in Malta (-9.7%), Romania (-5.8%) and Portugal (-5.4%).
These first estimates come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
