Retail trade recovery starts in May
In May 2020, the beginning of the de-confinement due to the COVID-19 crisis had an impact on the volume of sales in retail trade. The volume of sales, excluding fuels, has increased by 1.5 % compared to the same month last year. In the same period, the sharpest increase was again registered for “Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet”, i.e. a rise of 47.8 %.
We also notice significant increases in “Food, beverages and tobacco” and “Audio and video equipment, hardware, paints and glass, electrical household appliances, etc.” of respectively 10.8 % and 4.2 %.
The sales of “Automotive fuel in specialised stores” and “Textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods” remain well below the values of last year with decreases of 30.3 % and 27.5 % respectively.
Gross index and trend of the turnover of the retail trade, Belgium, last 4 months
Access to latest statisticsPurpose and brief description
Evolution of the turnover in the retail trade.
Population
Enterprises carrying out a main economic activity in the division 47 of the NACE Rev. 2 (Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles)
Frequency
Monthly.
Timing of publication
Preliminary results available 30 days after the reference period; final results available 50 days after the reference period
Definitions
Economic activity (NACE-BEL): Official nomenclature with an "X" at the end of the number since the information is only available for 4 positions.
Deflated gross index: Deflated gross index of the turnover in the retail trade
Deflated index (SA-WDA): deflated index of the turnover in the retail trade, seasonnally adjusted and working day adjusted
Deflated index (WDA): deflated index of the turnover in the retail trade, working day adjusted
Gross index: gross index of the turnover in the retail trade
Index (SA-WDA): index of the turnover in the retail trade, seasonnally adjusted and working day adjusted
Index (WDA): index of the turnover in the retail trade, working day adjusted
Trend of the deflated index: trend of the deflated index of the turnover in the retail trade
Trend of the index: trend of the index of the turnover in the retail trade.