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Retail sales down 0.2 per cent
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Wholesale and retail trade and service activities;Income and consumption
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Index of wholesale and retail sales, June 2008

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Retail sales down 0.2 per cent

The seasonally adjusted volume index of retail sales decreased by 0.2 per cent from May to June 2008.

Retail sales volume index seasonally adjusted. 2000 - 2008

The unadjusted volume index decreased by 3.2 per cent from June 2007 to June 2008. In the same period, the value index decreased by 2.1 per cent.

Retail Sales indices. June 2008. Final figures. 2000=100
  June 2007 Per cent
  May-June 2008 June 2007-
June 2008 		July 2006-June 2007-
July 2007-June 2008 		January-June 2007-
January-June 2008
Retail sales value index exclude value added tax : Total excluding motor vehicles and petrol  147.4   -2.1 6.1 5.0
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Not seasonally adjusted numbers  145.2   -3.2 5.2 3.6
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Seasonally adjusted numbers  140.8 -0.2 0.1 5.2 3.6

Decrease in Denmark and Norway

A comparison of the seasonally adjusted volume indexes for the Scandinavian countries shows a decrease of 1.6 per cent in Denmark and of 0.2 per cent in Norway from May to June. In Sweden, the index increased by 2.0 per cent. From June 2007 to June 2008, the unadjusted value index decreased by 2.6 per cent in Denmark and by 2.1 per cent in Norway. Sweden saw a 2.3 per cent rise during this period.

International comparison
  Retail sales value index Retail sales, volume index. Seasonally adjusted numbers
  Change in per cent.
June 2007-June 2008 		Change in per cent
  June 2007-
June 2008 		May 2008-
June 2008
Sweden 2.3 -3.8 2.0
Denmark -2.6 -3.5 -1.6
Norway -2.1 0.1 -0.2