Romania has the highest increases in total retail trade in EU28
Romania had the highest increase in the total trade retail in May 2016 compared to May 2015according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, but a decrease of -1,6% in May 2016 compared to April 2016.
Also, in Luxembourg (+10 %), Estonia (+7 %), Ireland (+6,7%), the United Kingdom (+6,5%) and Poland (+6,4%) positive results were registered in May 2016 compared to the same month the previous year, while a decrease was observed in Belgium (-1%).The 1,6% increase in the volume of retail trade in the euro area in May 2016, compared with May 2015, is due to rises of 2,5% for non-food products, of 2,2% for automotive fuel and of 0,2% for “Food, drinks and tobacco”. In the EU28, the 2,8% increase in retail trade volume is due to rises of 3,8% for non-food products, of 3,7% for automotive fuel and of 1,3% for “Food, drinks and tobacco”.
The volume of retail trade was up by 0,4% in both euro area and EU28 in May 2016 compared with April 2016. In April the retail trade volume increased by 0,2% in the euro area and by 0,6% in the EU28.
The 0,4% increase in the volume of retail trade in the euro area in May 2016, compared with the previous month, is due to a rise of 0,7% for non-food products, while “Food, drinks and tobacco” and automotive fuel remained stable. In the EU28, the 0,4% increase in the volume of retail trade is due to rises of 0,6% for non-food products and of 0,4% for “Food, drinks and tobacco”, while automotive fuel remained stable.
The highest increases in total retail trade were registered in Sweden (+2,1%), Estonia (+1,5%) and Ireland (+1,3%), while the largest decreases were observed in Portugal (-1,7%), Romania (-1,6%) and Denmark (-1,1%).
