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Retail sales rose 0.3 per cent
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Wholesale and retail trade and service activities;Income and consumption
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doi, Index of wholesale and retail sales, retail sales, volume index, value index, retail trade, commodity trade, turnover (for example groceries, clothing, building materials)Wholesale and retail trade , Consumption, Income and consumption, Wholesale and retail trade and service activities
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Index of wholesale and retail sales, December 2000

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Retail sales rose 0.3 per cent

The value index of retail sales rose 0.3 per cent in December 2000 compared with December 1999. The volume index decreased 2.0 per cent and the price index rose 2.3 per cent. December 2000 includes two trading days less than December 1999.

The index excludes sales of motorized vehicles and petrol. The seasonally adjusted volume index of retail sales increased 1.1 per cent in December 2000 compared with November. The seasonally adjusted volume index is 0.5 per cent lower than average for the year 2000.

Preliminary results

These preliminary results are based on a sample of 8 400 responds. Before the publication of the final results of the retail sales index for December 2000, we expect to receive another 660 responds. The final results, to be published February 2001, may therefore be adjusted.

Retail sales indices. December 2000. Preliminary figures. 1995=100
  December 2000 Per cent
  November-December 2000 December 1999-December 2000 January-December 1999 - January-December 2000
Retail sales value index : Total excluding motor vehicles and petrol 175,4   0,3 3,8
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Not seasonally adjusted numbers 158,7   -2,0 1,8
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Seasonally adjusted numbers 116,5 1,1 0,7 1,8