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Lower retail sales in December
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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 salesDecember 2007

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Lower retail sales in December

The seasonally adjusted volume index of retail sales decreased by 0.7 per cent from November to December 2007. Lower sales of clothing, electrical goods and building materials contributed to the decrease.

Retail sales volume index seasonally adjusted. 2000-2007.

The volume of retail sales in non-specialised stores, which mainly include grocery stores, rose by 1.0 per cent from November to December.

The volume index not adjusted rose by 4.3 per cent from December 2006 to December 2007. In the same period, the value index increased by 4.5 per cent.

On average the volume index not adjusted rose by 7.8 per cent and the value index by 8.1 per cent from 2006 to 2007.

Retail Sales indices. December 2007. 2000=100
  December 2007 Per cent
  November-December 2007 December 2006-
December 2007
January-December 2006-
January-December 2007
Retail sales value index exclude value added tax : Total excluding motor vehicles and petrol  179.9   4.5 8.1
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Not seasonally adjusted numbers  182.8   4.3 7.8
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Seasonally adjusted numbers  138.6 -0.7 5.6 7.7