Press release No. 294 of 6 August 2020
WIESBADEN – Retail trade turnover in the European Union continued to grow in June 2020. According to estimates from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union, the cal-endar and seasonally adjusted month-on-month increase was 5.2% in real terms (price adjusted). In May 2020, the retail trade volume increased by 18.3% compared with the previous month. Thus turnover returned to the level recorded in February 2020, before the start of the coronavirus crisis. In March (-9.6%) and April (-11.3%) retail trade suffered massive month-on-month losses in turnover as shops remained temporarily closed.
Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the retail trade turnover in Germany was down 1.6% in real terms (calendar and seasonally adjusted) in June 2020 month on month. In May, after the relaxation of restrictions, turnover had started to grow again considerably (+12.7%). Austria also saw a decline in turnover in June 2020 (-2.5%).
European data on retail trade
Results on retail trade in other EU countries are contained in the Eurostat’s database. At the moment the database includes data for almost all countries for Mai 2020. Furthermore, a press release on the turnover of the retail trade in an EU comparison is planned for 7 August 2020.
German EU Council Presidency
As of 1 July, the Federal Statistical Office will organise the meetings of the Council Working Party on Statistics to be held during Germany’s EU Council Presidency under the chairmanship of its President Dr. Georg Thiel. Information on our activities during the Presidency of the Council of the EU is provided at destatis.de/eu2020.
