Retail sales index, November 1996:

Retail sales hit new high in November

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Norway's seasonally adjusted volume index for November is the highest seasonally adjusted volume index ever calculated. The index was 2.6 per cent higher than in October 1996.

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The volume of non-store retail trade increased by 10 per cent from November 1995 to November 1996. Retail trade in other new goods rose 7.2 per cent. This group includes, among other things, clothing, shoes, electrical household appliances, furniture, hardware, paints and building materials. The volume of retail trade in non-specialized stores and retail sales of food, beverages and tobacco in specialized stores went up respectively 4.9 and 3.3 per cent during the same period. On the other hand, retail sales of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries grew by only 0.2 per cent.

New Statistics

Retail sales index, November 1996.
Statistics are published every month in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Solveig Nygårdseter, tel. +47 62 88 51 74, e-mail: snl@ssb.no or Rune Sønsterudbråten, tel. +47 62 88 54 37, e-mail: rso@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin issue no. 3, 1997