Declining sales in retail trade in March
The volume of sales in retail trade, excluding fuels, has decreased by 2.43% in March 2019 compared to the same month last year.
In the same period, the sharpest increase (3.95%) was registered for “Computers, peripheral devices and software ; communication devices ; sports equipment ; games and toys ; plants and flowers, etc.”.
From March 2018 onwards, indices are expressed with reference year 2015=100.
The series "Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco" for the deflator of sales and the quantity has been revised from February 2018.
The series « Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet » for the value and quantity has been revised for January 2019.
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.