Turnover in retail trade, Slovenia, March 2018

In March 2018, volume turnover in retail trade up after three consecutive monthly declines

Volume turnover in retail trade in March 2018 increased by 0.5% over the previous month and decreased by 0.5% over March 2017.

  • 26 April 2018 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
Retail trade turnover higher at the monthly and lower at the annual level

After three consecutive monthly declines, in March 2018 volume turnover in retail trade increased on a monthly basis by 0.5%. The increase was due to a higher volume turnover in specialized stores with motor fuels (by 4.0%), as the turnover without retail trade of motor fuel decreased by 1.3% over the previous month. Compared to February 2018 the sale of food decreased by 0.4% and of non-food products by 1.4%.

Compared to March 2017 volume turnover in retail trade decreased by 0.5%. At the annual level volume turnover in specialized stores with motor fuels increased by 3.5%, while in retail trade except automotive fuel it decreased by 3.6%. The sale of food decreased by 4.2% and of non-food products by 3.7%.

In the first three months of this year, volume turnover in retail trade decreased by 0.8% compared to the same period of the previous year. The decline was influenced by lower turnover in specialized stores with automotive fuel (by 1.7%) and in retail trade with food (by 4.7%). Compared to the same period of the previous year volume turnover in retail trade with non-food products increased by 1.4%.

Turnover in trade and repair of motor vehicles lower at the monthly and higher at the annual level

At the monthly level the volume turnover in trade and repair of motor vehicles in March 2018 decreased by 1.1%. At the annual level it increased by 11.0% and in the first three months of 2018 compared to the same period in the previous year by 13.5%.


Detailed data for March 2018 will be published in the SI-STAT Database on 31 May 2018. Together with this release the detailed data for retail trade and data for wholesale for February 2018 are published in the SI-STAT Database.
Volume indices of retail trade turnover, Slovenia (Ø 2015=100)
Volume indices of retail trade turnover, Slovenia (Ø 2015=100)
1) In the trend-cycle component the most recent data are unreliable (the end-point problem).
Source: SURS
Volume indices of retail trade turnover, Slovenia
III 2018
II 2018
III 2018
III 2017
I-III 2018
I-III 2017
III 2018
Ø 2015
Total retail trade100.599.599.2112.4
  Total retail trade except automotive fuel98.796.498.9105.3
     food, beverages, tobacco99.695.895.397.9
     non-food (except automotive fuel)98.696.3101.4112.3
  Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores104.0103.598.3129.5
Source: SURS
Volume indices of turnover in wholesale, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, Slovenia
III 2018
II 2018
III 2018
III 2017
I-III 2018
I-III 2017
III 2018
Ø 2015
Wholesale, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles98.9111.0113.5150.6
Source: SURS
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
From 2018 on, the calculation of indices is made on the 2015 base year.
Data are seasonally adjusted.
Data for the last 10 months are provisional. With each release, the data for the last 10 months can be corrected and supplemented with new data.
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