By 29 January 2012
Retail Trade Indices (RTI). Base 2005
December 2012. Provisional data
The General Retail Trade Index at constant prices stands at -10.2%, as compared with -7.8% in November In 2012, sales in the Retail Trade Sector dropped 6.8%, as compared with 2011Sales in retail trade at constant prices (that is, after eliminating the prices effect) showed an annual variation of -10.2% in December, almost two and a half points below that registered in November.
Sales, excluding service stations, registered an annual rate of -10.1%. The breakdown of these sales by type of product showed a drop in the rate of 5.1% in Food products and
13.9% in Non-food products.
In turn, sales in service stations, after adjusting the prices effect, decreased 10.2%, as compared with December 2011.
In 2012, the General Retail Trade Index showed a variation of -6.8%, as compared with the year 2011.
Annual and average rates at constant prices . General index and by type of product
GENERAL INDEX
1. Service Station Index
-10.2
-10.2
-9.4
-6.8
2. GENERAL INDEX WITHOUT SERVICE STATIONS
2.1. Food products
2.2. Non-Food product-13.9
2.2.1 Pers onal equipm ent
2.2.2 Hous ehold equipm en -13.6
-14.2
-10.1
-9.5
-8.8
-10.6
-6.3
-5.1
-7.0
-2.5
2.2.3 Other goods
-8.2
Annual Year-to-date average
RTI - DECEMBER 2012 (1/5)
Performance of the inter-monthly rate1
The variation of the General Retail Trade Index between December and November was
22.1%. This rate showed the lowest increase in the last five years.
35.0
Pe rformance of the inte r-monthly rate of the RTI at constant price s (Variation for De ce mbe r/Nov e mbe r of the same ye ar for the last fiv e ye ars)
30.0
25.0
24.1
28.7
24.2
25.2
22.1
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Performance of trade, by distribution class
All distribution classes decreased in sales, as compared with December of the previous year in annual rate. Large chain stores presented the lowest decrease (-4.4%).
In 2012, the average of sales had a negative variation, as compared with 2011 in all distribution classes.
National Indices by distribution classDeflacted
% variation
Index Annual
Average year
2012
GENERAL INDEX 89.8 -10.2 -6.8
1. Service Station Index 81.1 -10.2 -9.4
2. GENERAL INDEX WITHOUT SERVICE STATIO 91.8 -10.1 -6.3
2.1. Single retail store 73.9 -11.6 -7.8
2.2. Small chains stores 82.5 -13.8 -8.7
2.3. Large chain stores 128.7 -4.4 -1.8
2.4. Department stores 103.1 -12.5 -9.1
1 In order to contribute to the analysis and interpretation of data, this section has been added with performance of the General Retail Trade Index at constant prices for recent years. The monthly rates of this type of series may have some degree of seasonal behaviour, therefore it is recommended that it be evaluated in relation to the item of data for the same month in previous years.
RTI DECEMBER 2012 (2/5)
Performance of trade, adjusted for the calendar effect
After adjusting the calendar effect, that is, the difference between the number of working days in a given month in different years, the Retail Trade Index registered an annual rate of -
10.7% in December, almost three points below that registered in November.
Deflacted General Retail Trade Index
Annual variation rate
0.0
-2.0
-4.0
-6.0
-8.0
-4.6
-4.3
-4.6
-7.9
-2.1
-5.9
-6.6
-7.2
-4.1
-6.2
-3.8
-4.2
-5.3
-5.6
-7.1
-5.6
-6.5
-7.3
-4.6
-5.8
-3.7
-6.7
-3.7
-3.9
-10
-4.2
-4.8
-4.5
-7
-5.3
-1.9
-8.3
-7.8
-10.2
-10.0
-8.6
-7.5
-7.2
-11.5
-7.4
-11
-9.7
-12.0
-14.0
-12.8
-10.7
Non-Adjus ted Adjus ted
Performance of employment, by distribution class
The employment index in the Retail Trade sector in December presented an annual rate of -
1.4%, one tenth above that registered in November. Employment decreased 1.3% in Service stations.
All distribution classes registered negative interannual rates, except Large chain stores that increased the unemployment 0.3% as compared with the same month of the previous year.
The average employment registered a variation rate of
