Press Release 29/10/2018

LARGE STORES AND FOOD CHAINS TRADE INDEX OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY, SEPTEMBER 2018

Sales in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country fell by 1.2% in September 2018

The accumulated total for the first nine months of the year closed with 1.2% growth

Sales at large stores and food chains in the Basque Country in September 2018 experienced a year-on-year downturn at constant prices of 1.2% in homogenous terms of the working calendar, according to Eustat data. Compared to August, sales were down 0.2% in deseasonalised terms.

Sales of food products were down 1.3%, and sales corresponding to other items fell by 5.8%, with respect to the same month of the previous year.

Compared to the previous month, August 2018, food sales increased by 0.7% and sales of other items decreased by 1.9%, at constant prices and in deseasonalised terms.

By province, Gipuzkoa saw an increase of 1.4% but in Bizkaia there was a fall of 2.6% and in Álava sales were down by 2.3%, in all cases over the year-on-year period.

The number of people employed in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country rose by 3.2% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Balance for the first nine months of 2018

Sales at large stores and food chains in the Basque Country experienced a year-on-year upturn at constant prices of 1.2% in the accumulated total for the first three quarters of 2018. This growth was due to the increase in sales of food products, which were up by 1.9%, given that sales corresponding to other items remained unchanged (0.0%).

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