Press release No. 418 of 22 October 2020
WIESBADEN – Against the background of increasing Covid-19 infections in Germany, demand for selected sanitary products and food has risen, in part considerably. A special evaluation of experimental data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) shows that the sales figures of toilet tissue in Week 42 (12 to 17 October 2020) were almost twice as high (+89.9%) as the average of the pre-crisis months from August 2019 to January 2020. The sales of disinfectants in Week 42 were by just under three quarters (+72.5%) higher than the pre-crisis average, those of soap by just under two thirds (+62.3%).
| Produkt | Week 37 | Week 38 | Week 39 | Week 40 | Week 41 | Week 42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soap | 24.3 | 57.9 | 31 | 13.5 | 29.6 | 62.3 |
| Toilet tissue | -7.3 | 0.8 | 11.1 | -3.7 | 21.4 | 89.8 |
| Pasta | -31 | 39.4 | -34 | -15.9 | -19.5 | -0.2 |
| Flour | -22 | -24.9 | 2.2 | -10.5 | -1 | 28.4 |
| Sugar | -17.6 | -19.4 | 5 | 98 | -6.7 | 2.5 |
| Rice | 25 | -23.9 | 66.7 | -21.6 | 10.4 | 53.3 |
| Disinfectants | 10.2 | 14.8 | 33.1 | 21.3 | 52.5 | 72.5 |
| Strained tomatoes | -22.7 | -23.8 | 30.4 | -18.5 | 26.2 | 0 |
| Yeast | 5.9 | -1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 15.2 | 34.8 |
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.
