Retail trade - June 2017
Sales in retail trade continued to grow
Publication Date: 04. 08. 2017
Product Code: 120019-17
In June 2017, seasonally adjusted sales in retail trade at constant prices increased by 0.7%, month-on-month (m-o-m). Sales adjusted for calendar effects increased by 6.6%, year-on-year (y-o-y), the same as non-adjusted.
Sales in retail trade adjusted for calendar effects increased by 6.6%, year-on-year; for sale of non-food goods sales increased by 8.0%, for sale of automotive fuel by 7.6%, and for food by 3.7%*).
The year-on-year increase of sales in retail trade was influenced the most by an increase in retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (+19.4%) and retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (+4.5%). In specialised stores, sales increased for retail sale of clothing and footwear (+10.9%), retail sale of cultural and recreation goods (+7.3%), retail sale of information and communication equipment (+6.2%), retail sale of dispensing chemist, medical and orthopaedic goods, and cosmetic and toilet articles (+5.2%), retail sale of other household equipment (+4.9%), and retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (+2.0%).
The price deflator (CZ-NACE 47) related to the corresponding period of the previous year (VAT excluded) was 101.6%. It was influenced mainly by higher prices of food and automotive fuel. On the contrary, prices decreased in retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialised stores and retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores.
Seasonally adjusted sales for sale and repair of motor vehicles (CZ-NACE 45) decreased at constant prices by 3.0%, m-o-m. Sales both adjusted for calendar effects and non‑adjusted increased by 0.7%, y-o-y. Sales for repair of motor vehicles increased by 4.9%, y-o-y, while sales for sale of motor vehicles (including spare parts) decreased by 0.3%, y‑o‑y.
For the entire second quarter of 2017, sales in retail trade except of motor vehicles and motorcycles (CZ‑NACE 47) adjusted for calendar effects increased by 6.1% at constant prices, y-o-y, non-adjusted increased by 5.1% (there were 4 working days less in the Q2 2017 compared to the corresponding period of 2016). Non-adjusted sales for sale of non-food goods increased by 6.7%, y-o-y, for automotive fuel by 4.2%, and for food by 3.1%. For sale and repair of motor vehicles (CZ-NACE 45) sales adjusted for calendar effects increased by 3.9%, y-o-y, non-adjusted decreased by 0.3%. Non-adjusted sales for sale of motor vehicles (including spare parts) decreased by 1.5%, y-o-y, while for repair of motor vehicles they increased by 4.4%.
All data in the text of the News Release are at constant prices.
Data for June 2017 are preliminary. Final data for all months of 2017 will be published in June 2018.
*) The difference between the data non-adjusted for calendar effects and the data adjusted for calendar effects for sale of food (at the same number of working days in June 2017 and 2016) is caused mainly by a higher number of Fridays (which are important for the retail sale of food) and a lower number of Wednesdays (which belong to average days as for an amount of sales).
Responsible head at the CZSO: Marie Boušková, phone number: (+420) 274 052 935,
Contact person: Jana Gotvaldová, phone number: (+420) 274 052 691,
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO (SP1-12)
End of data collection: 27July 2017
End of data processing: 1August2017
Related outputs: Base indices and y-o-y indices since 2000 and 2001 are available in time series (https://csu.gov.cz/sales_indices_monthly_retail_trade_hotels_and_restaurants_time_series).
Next News Release will be published on: 5 September 2017