Press release No. 225 of 1 June 2022
Retail turnover, April 2022 (provisional, calendar and seasonally adjusted)
-5.4% on the previous month (in real terms)
-4.7% on the previous month (in nominal terms)
-0.4% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms)
+6.2% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms)
WIESBADEN - According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 5.4% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 4.7% lower, on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, in April 2022 compared with March 2022. Thus, real turnover reached the lowest level since February 2021. Compared with April 2021, retail trade in April 2022 recorded a 0.4% decrease in turnover in real terms and a nominal increase of 6.2%. The difference between the results in real and nominal terms reflects the high price increaeses in retail trade.
