site.btaNovember Retail Trade Down 5% in EU, Up 1.2% in Bulgaria - Eurostat

Brussels, January 7 (BTA) - In November 2020, the COVID-19
containment measures introduced again by several Member States
had a significant impact on retail trade, as the seasonally
adjusted volume of retail trade fell by 6.1 per cent in the euro
 area and by 5.0 per cent the EU, compared with October 2020,
according to estimates from Eurostat released on Thursday. In
Bulgaria, November retail sales rose by 1.2 per cent
month-on-month.

In November 2020 compared with November 2019, the calendar
adjusted volume of retail trade decreased by 2.9 per cent in the
 euro area and by 2.0 per cent in the EU.
In Bulgaria, the annual decline of retail sales in November
stood at -6.4 per cent compared to -6.7 per cent in October.

Among Member States for which data are available, the largest
yearly decreases in the total retail trade volume were
registered in France (-15.7 per cent), Slovenia (-14.2 per cent)
 and Belgium (-11.7 per cent). The highest increases were
observed in Germany (+8.8 per cent), Denmark (+8.7 per cent) and
 the Netherlands (+6.6 per cent)./RY/BR