In December, the General Retail Trade Index at constant prices, once adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, registered a variation of 3.1% as compared with the same month of the previous year. This rate was 1.9 points lower than the one registered in November.
The original RTI series at constant prices registered an annual variation of 3.4%, this rate was 2.5 points below the rate of the previous month.
In the whole of 2023, retail sales increased by 6.0% in the corrected series, and 6.1% in the original.
The monthly variation of the RTI between the months of December and November, stood at -0.7%. This rate was 1.5 points lower than the previous month.
All distribution classes showed negative monthly rates. Large chain stores registered the greatest decrease (-1.7%).
The general index, excluding service stations, recorded a monthly rate of -1.2%. By products, Food increased by 0.4% and Non-food products decreased by 1.4%.
Retail sales at constant prices increased in the annual rate in all Autonomous Communities in December. Illes Balears registered the greatest increase (5.6%).
In the whole of 2023, Illes Balears registered the greatest increase in sales (10.5%).
In December, the employment index in the retail trade sector registered a variation of 1.8% as compared to the same month of 2022. This rate was two tenths below that recorded in November.
On an annual average, employment registered an increase of 1.8% in 2023.
On the press release day, INE has updated RTI data series corresponding to the last three months. In the case of calendar adjusted and seasonally and calendar adjusted series, according to INE standard, series are revised since its beginning. Results are available on INEbase.
The INE publishes today the latest data on the Retail Trade Index based on 2015. The new 2021 base will incorporate relevant changes, among which the updating of the weights and the sample stand out, as well as the implementation of the dissemination of results by economic activity according to the CNAE-2009.
The main objective of the Retail Trade Indices (RTI) is to ascertain the fundamental characteristics of the companies engaged in retail trade in Spain, which make it possible to measure, in the short term, the trend of activity in the sector.
Further information is available in the methodology and in the standardised methodological report.
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