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Retail sales up 13.3 per cent
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2000-07-05T10:00:00.000Z
Wholesale and retail trade and service activities;Income and consumption
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doi, Index of wholesale and retail sales, retail sales, volume index, value index, retail trade, commodity trade, turnover (for example groceries, clothing, building materials)Wholesale and retail trade , Consumption, Income and consumption, Wholesale and retail trade and service activities
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Index of wholesale and retail sales, May 2000

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Retail sales up 13.3 per cent

The value index of retail sales increased with 13.3 per cent in May 2000 compared with May 1999. May 2000 includes tree more trading days compared with May 1999.

The volume index of retail sales increased 11.6 per cent and the price index increased 1.5 per cent in the same period. Retail sales figures exclude motor vehicles and petrol. Due to atypical pattern of several public holidays in May, the publication of seasonally adjusted statistic for this month is postponed to the next publication of the index in June.

Final Retail sales volume index for May is 0.6 per cent points less than preliminary figures published June 23. The volume index of retail sales for the period January - May 2000 is 0.2 per cent less than preliminary figures.

Retail Sales indices. May 2000. Final figures. 1995=100
  May 2000 Per cent
  April-May 2000 May 1999-May 2000 June 1998-May 1999 - June 1999-May 2000 January-May 1999 - January-May 2000
Retail sales value index : Total excluding motor vehicles and petrol 130,7   13,4 5,2 7,1
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Not seasonally adjusted numbers 119,9   11,6 3,4 5,4
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Seasonally adjusted numbers .. .. .. .. ..