3605_not-searchable
/en/varehandel-og-tjenesteyting/arkiv
3605
Retail sales up
statistikk
2006-03-01T10:00:00.000Z
Wholesale and retail trade and service activities;Income and consumption
en
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
false

Index of wholesale and retail sales, January 2006

Content

Published:

This is an archived release.

Go to latest release

Retail sales up

The seasonally adjusted volume index of retail sales rose by 2.7 per cent from December 2005 to January 2006.

Retail sales volume index, seasonally adjusted. 2000-2006

The volume index not adjusted increased by 6.4 per cent in January 2006 compared with January 2005. Retail sale outside of stores, which include mail order and internet sales, increased most with 20.3 per cent this period.

The value index of retail sales increased by 5.3 per cent in January 2006 compared with January 2005.

Retail sales indices. January 2006. 2000=100
  January 2006 Change in per cent
  December 2005-
January 2006 		January 2005-
January 2006 		February 2004-January 2005-
February 2005-January 2006 		November 2004-January 2005-
November 2005-January 2006
Retail sales value index exclude value added tax : Total excluding motor vehicles and petrol  109.3   5.3 3.6 3.5
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Not seasonally adjusted numbers  111.7   6.4 4.4 4.6
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Seasonally adjusted numbers  123.6 2.7 6.6 4.5 4.6

International comparison

A comparison of the volume index among the Scandinavian countries, seasonally adjusted, shows that Denmark had the largest increase with 2.3 per cent from November to December 2005. Sweden rose by 0.3 per cent while Norway decreased by 0.2 per cent during this period. From December 2004 to December 2005 the value index not adjusted, rose by 6.7 per cent in Sweden, 4.2 per cent in Denmark and 2.2 per cent in Norway.

Internationale comparison. 2000=100
  Retail sales value index Retail sales, volume index. Seasonally adjusted numbers
  December 2005 Change in per cent
December 2004-
December 2005 		December 2005 Change in per cent
  December 2004-
December 2005 		November 2005-
December 2005
Sweden  164.0 6.7  131.8 10.7 0.3
Denmark  160.7 4.2  125.2 4.7 2.3
Norway  164.5 2.2  120.4 3.3 -0.2