Press Release 27/09/2017

LARGE STORES AND FOOD CHAINS TRADE INDEX (IGSC). AUGUST 2017

The sales index of large stores and food chains in the Basque Country rose by 5.9% in August 2017

The balance of the first eight months of 2017 closed with 2.5% growth

Sales at large stores and food chains in the Basque Country in August 2017 experienced a year-on-year upturn at constant prices of 5.9% in homogenous terms of the working calendar, according to Eustat data. Compared to July, sales were up 2.2% in deseasonalised terms.

Sales of food products at large stores and food chains reflected a rise of 5.1%, and sales corresponding to other items were also up by 7.6%.

There were increases in the three provinces: 6.6% in Bizkaia, 6.3% in Álava, and 4.7% in Gipuzkoa.

Over the first eight months of the year as a whole, sales in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country were up 2.5% with respect to the same period of the previous year, in homogeneous terms of the working calendar and at constant prices. In this period, food sales saw a 2.7% upturn overall and other products saw an increase of 2.2%.

By province, in Bizkaia sales in the first eight months of the year rose by 2.6% at constant prices and with respect to the same period of the previous year; they were up by 2.5% in Gipuzkoa, and in Álava 2.2% rise was recorded.

The number of individuals employed in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country rose by 3.9% compared to the same month of the previous year.

For further information:

Eustat - Euskal Estatistika Erakundea / Basque Statistics Institute C/ Donostia-San Sebastián, 1 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz Press Service: servicioprensa@eustat.eus Tel: 945 01 75 62