Press release No. 034 of 31 January 2020
Retail turnover, Dezember 2019 and year 2019
-3.3% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
-3.0% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
+0.8% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
+1.7% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
+2.7% on the previous year (in real terms, provisional)
+3.3% on the previous year (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in December 2019 was in real terms 0.8% and in nominal terms 1.7% larger than in December 2018. The number of days open for sale was 24 in December 2019 and in December 2018.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the whole year 2019 in real terms 2.7% and in nominal terms 3.3% higher than in 2018.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations, the December turnover was in real terms 3.3% and in nominal terms 3.0% lower than in November 2019.
