Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the previous month
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
21 22 22 22 22 22
Euro area
Total retail trade -2.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 -1.4 0.2
Food, drinks, tobacco 0.4 -0.3 -0.5 1.1 -2.3 -0.3
Non-food products (except -4.4 1.3 1.2 -0.1 -1.2 1.2
automotive fuel), of which:
Mail orders and internet -4.3 1.5 -0.1 -3.2 2.0 -0.2
Automotive fuel in specialised 0.2 -1.8 2.6 -1.1 1.6 -0.2
stores
EU
Total retail trade -2.1 0.5 0.5 0.8 -1.3 0.0
Food, drinks, tobacco 0.3 0.1 -0.3 1.0 -1.9 -0.6
Non-food products (except -4.3 1.7 0.8 0.6 -1.3 1.0
automotive fuel), of which:
Mail orders and internet -4.2 1.5 -0.4 -2.6 1.5 0.0
Automotive fuel in specialised 0.2 -1.2 3.9 -1.8 1.3 -0.4
stores
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the same month of the previous year
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
21 22 22 22 22 22
Euro area
Total retail trade 2.4 8.5 5.2 1.9 4.0 0.2
Food, drinks, tobacco -1.0 -1.7 -2.1 -2.6 -3.6 -3.6
Non-food products (except 3.8 16.1 9.9 4.4 8.8 2.0
automotive fuel), of which:
Mail orders and internet -6.1 -5.2 -8.3 -13.1 -12.0 -10.7
Automotive fuel in specialised 13.7 12.9 12.2 10.5 15.3 5.6
stores
EU
Total retail trade 3.0 8.7 5.7 3.0 5.0 0.8
Food, drinks, tobacco -0.9 -1.0 -1.3 -1.8 -2.4 -2.6
Non-food products (except 4.7 16.1 10.0 5.5 9.5 2.0
automotive fuel), of which:
Mail orders and internet -3.9 -2.7 -5.8 -10.7 -9.6 -9.2
Automotive fuel in specialised 12.9 11.6 13.4 10.9 15.0 6.8
stores
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(Reporting by Joao Manuel Mauricio in Gdansk)