Press release No. 178 of 20 May 2020
WIESBADEN – Up to Week 20, different developments were observed regarding the demand for specific convenience goods, which in the corona crisis sometimes has been unusually high. A new special evaluation of experimental data by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) shows that the sales figures of selected sanitary products and food in Week 20 (11 to 17 May 2020) were roughly at pre-crisis level, although fluctuations are still observed for some goods.
| Produkt | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soap | 122 | 153 | 235 | 337 | 133 | 130 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 38 |
| Toilet tissue | 56 | 99 | 131 | 211 | 46 | -29 | -64 | -65 | -8 | 1 | -19 | -28 |
| Pasta | 109 | 150 | 140 | 117 | 9 | 2 | 47 | -27 | -34 | -24 | -28 | -30 |
| Flour | 150 | 99 | 192 | 105 | 139 | 57 | 56 | -9 | 16 | 14 | 0 | -14 |
| Sugar | 76 | 39 | 101 | 100 | 35 | 10 | 21 | -30 | -27 | -19 | -16 | -22 |
| Rice | 206 | 41 | 163 | 208 | 27 | 12 | 39 | -27 | -25 | 46 | -5 | -15 |
| Disinfectants | 659 | 751 | 206 | -49 | 165 | 276 | 63 | 71 | 99 | -27 | 57 | 152 |
| Apples | 46 | 13 | 65 | 42 | 26 | 45 | 29 | -2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | -6 |
| Strained tomatoes | 106 | 88 | 206 | 172 | 47 | 46 | 11 | -18 | -8 | 1 | -12 | -16 |
| Yeast | 97 | 51 | 132 | 52 | -37 | 28 | 39 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 55 | 52 |
| Beer | -10 | -9 | -4 | -5 | -17 | -2 | 26 | -1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Vegetables | 15 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 34 | 60 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 14 |
| Vegetables frozen | 41 | 29 | 77 | 85 | 38 | 48 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -1 |
| Canned vegetables | 125 | 59 | 137 | 128 | 20 | 42 | 21 | -21 | -15 | -4 | -21 | -24 |
| Fruit | 12 | -10 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -2 | -1 |
| Fruit frozen | 26 | 32 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 53 | 84 | 53 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 49 |
| Canned fruit | 138 | 27 | 126 | 97 | 36 | 63 | 42 | 1 | 39 | -3 | -4 | -18 |
| Spirits | -3 | -15 | -10 | -17 | -31 | -14 | 1 | -21 | -14 | -17 | -8 | 0 |
| Wine | -16 | -19 | -20 | -18 | -32 | 1 | 3 | -34 | -18 | -22 | -11 | -21 |
| Condoms | 6 | -4 | 19 | 56 | -1 | 4 | 6 | -8 | -17 | -7 | 1 | -13 |
Methodological note:
The data are based on new data sources and methods. Digital point-of-sale data, also referred to as scanner data, were evaluated for this purpose. Evaluations of this kind are experimental in character and form part of a project on "Experimental data", which is undertaken by the Federal Statistical Office to test new data sources and methods. Selected project results are available at www.destatis.de/exdat.
