Retail Trade - September

In September, seasonally adjusted (SA) sales in retail trade including automotive segment fell month-on-month by 1.5% at constant prices and in the year-on-year comparison they dropped by 6.0%. The second biggest drop of non-adjusted sales for the last 12 months by 7.6% was also partly contributed to by one day lower number of working days this year compared to the last year and surviving last year’s high comparable basis.
With seasonal, calendar and working day adjustment sales in retail trade including automotive segment decreased in September by 1.5%, at constant prices, m-o-m, and in the year on year comparison they fell by 6.0% (with only WDA –5.9%). Seasonally non-adjusted sales dropped compared to the corresponding period in 2008 by 7.6%. The year of continuous decline culminated by September’s drop which was the second biggest one over the year. It was partly contributed to by the fact that this year had one working day less than the last year and still high last year’s comparable basis.
Seasonally adjusted sales in sale and repair of motor vehicles (CZ-NACE 45) decreased by 3.3% at constant prices in the month-on-month comparison and fell by 14.3%, y-o-y. Seasonally non-adjusted sales dropped, y-o-y, by 16.6%, of which sales from the sale of motor vehicles by 14.9% and from repair by 26.2% (the biggest drop since January 2000).
In retail sale including sale of automotive fuel (CZ-NACE 47) seasonally adjusted sales decreased, m-o-m, by 0.9% at constant prices and by 2.4%, in the year-on-year comparison. Seasonally non-adjusted sales fell by 3.7%, y-o-y, of which sales from the sale of automotive fuel and the non-food good sales decreased (by 6.4% and 6.2%, respectively). In contrast, sales from the sale of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 1.6%.

Among items having impact on total results a marked drop was recorded in the sale of clothing and footwear and food, beverages and tobacco in specialized stores (both by 9.7%), the sale of household goods in specialized stores recorded a marked drop (-8.8%) and so did the sale in non-specialized stores with non-food goods predominating (-8.0%). The sale via Internet or via mail order houses fell by 6.4%. Sales increase was reported for the sale of information and communication equipment (+5.8%) and sale in non-specialized stores with food, beverages and tobacco predominating including chain stores (+2.7%).

The price deflator related to the corresponding period in 2008 was 95.1%. The biggest price decrease was recorded in the sale of fuel (-15.2%), information and communication equipment (-9.8%), second-hand goods (-6.2%) and clothing and footwear (-4.2%). In contrast, growing were e.g. prices of pharmaceutical and medical goods (+2.9%).

In September, according to data released by Eurostat, SA retail sales (CZ-NACE 47) in the EU27 decreased month-on-month by 0.4% at constant prices and, working day adjusted sales dropped by 2.5%, year-on-year. The biggest drops of sales were reported for Latvia (-30.9%), Lithuania (-25.7%) and Estonia (-20.8%). The fastest growths were reported for Poland (+5.4%) and Austria (+3.1%).

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Methodological note:
Contact: Alena Hellerová, tel. (+420) 274052921, e-mail: alena.hellerova@csu.gov.cz
Data source: CZSO direct survey in enterprises
End of data collection: 4 November 2009
End of data processing: 9 November 2009
The data for September 2009 are preliminary; final data for all months of 2009 will be available in June 2010 at the latest. Monthly data since 2000 (y-o-y indices since 2001) are available in time series
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