BRUXELLES, 5 giugno (Reuters) - The European Union's
statistics office released the following data on retail sales in
the 18 countries sharing the euro and the 28-nation European
Union in April:
Volume of retail trade
Pct change compared with the previous month*
Nov Dec-13 Jan Feb Mar- Apr-14
-13 -14 -14 14
EA18
Total retail trade 1.1 -1.2 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.4
Food, drinks, tobacco 0.7 -1.5 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.4
Non-food products 1.3 -0.9 0.9 0.7 0.0 -0.1
(except automotive
fuel), of which:
Textiles, clothing, 3.6 -2.7 1.4 0.8 -0.5 :
footwear
Electrical goods and 0.7 -1.3 1.7 0.1 -0.7 :
furniture
Computer equipment, 1.5 -1.9 1.5 0.8 -0.3 :
books and other
Pharmaceutical and 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 -0.9 :
medical goods
Mail orders and 1.5 -0.4 0.5 -1. 2.4 :
internet 5
Automotive fuel in 0.8 -0.1 0.3 -1. 0.7 0.4
specialised stores 4
EU28
Total retail trade 1.0 -0.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.6
Food, drinks, tobacco 0.6 -0.7 0.0 0.6 -0.2 1.2
Non-food products 1.3 -0.3 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0
(except automotive
fuel), of which:
Textiles, clothing, 3.7 -1.8 0.1 0.9 0.3 :
footwear
Electrical goods and 0.9 -1.1 2.2 0.1 -0.4 :
furniture
Computer equipment, 1.2 -1.3 1.4 1.1 0.0 :
books and other
Pharmaceutical and 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.5 -0.9 :
medical goods
Mail orders and 1.4 1.9 -1. 0.5 2.0 :
internet 1
Automotive fuel in 0.6 -0.1 0.4 -1. 1.6 -1.0
specialised stores 2
Volume of retail trade
Pct change compared with the same month of the previous year
Nov- Dec- Jan-14 Feb Mar-14 Apr-14
13 13 -14
EA18
Total retail trade 1.3 -0.4 0.7 1.0 1.0 2.4
Food, drinks, tobacco 1.1 -1.4 -0.4 0.0 -0.5 2.1
Non food products 2.2 0.3 1.3 1.8 2.7 2.6
(except automotive
fuel), of which:
Textiles, clothing, 4.6 -0.8 2.4 2.5 6.5 :
footwear
Electrical goods and 0.0 -1.5 0.1 1.1 0.3 :
furniture
Computer equipment, 2.1 0.6 0.4 3.1 2.8 :
books and other
Pharmaceutical and 1.8 2.1 1.5 1.9 1.3 :
medical goods
Mail orders and 4.3 1.3 3.1 0.8 4.7 :
internet
Automotive fuel in 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.2 0.9 1.4
specialised stores
EU28
Total retail trade 1.9 0.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 3.4
Food, drinks, tobacco 1.0 -1.0 0.1 0.5 -1.0 3.2
Non food products 3.3 1.8 2.5 2.9 3.8 4.0
(except automotive
fuel), of which:
Textiles, clothing, 5.4 0.4 1.9 1.9 6.6 :
footwear
Electrical goods and 0.5 -0.3 1.8 2.2 2.4 :
furniture
Computer equipment, 2.9 1.8 2.1 4.0 4.0 :
books and other
Pharmaceutical and 3.2 2.8 2.1 2.5 1.6 :
medical goods
Mail orders and 8.9 7.2 6.7 7.2 9.1 :
internet
Automotive fuel in 0.2 -0.3 1.0 -0. 1.7 0.6
specialised stores 1
(Reporting by Martin Santa)
Keywords: EUROZONE RETAIL/