Press Release 27/06/2023
LARGE STORES AND FOOD CHAINS TRADE INDEX. MAY 2023
Sales in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country were up 0.4% in May 2023
The Food index registered a rise of 2.4%, while that of Other Products fell by 3.3%
Sales in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country registered an increase of 0.4% in May 2023 in relation to the same month of the previous year, at constant prices and in homogeneous terms of the working calendar, according to Eustat data.
Compared to the previous month, April 2023, and once corrected for seasonal effects, sales at constant prices rose by 0.9% in May 2023.
Sales in month-on-month terms increased by 2.4% in the Food sector, while sales were down 1.9% in Other Products.
In year-on-year terms, May 2023 compared to May 2022, the evolution of sales at constant prices was positive in the Food sector, with an increase of 2.4%. However, in Other Products the results were negative, with a decrease in sales of 3.3% in relation to May of the previous year.
Large Stores and Food Chains Trade Index of the Basque Country by province and month. Inter-annual and inter-mensual variation rates (p). May 2023
| | Constant prices |
| | m / m-12 | m / m-1 | A (m) /A (m-12) |
| SALES INDEX by historic territory | | | |
| Basque Country | 0,4 | 0,9 | -0,1 |
| Araba/Álava | -1,1 | 1,5 | -3,4 |
| Bizkaia | 0,0 | 0,8 | 0,9 |
| Gipuzkoa | 2,0 | 0,8 | -0,4 |
| | | | |
| SALES INDEX by sector | | | |
| Foodstuffs | 2,4 | 2,4 | -0,9 |
| Rest of products | -3,3 | -1,9 | 1,4 |
| | | | |
| PERSONNEL INDEX | | | |
| Basque Country | 3,9 | -0,4 | 4,4 |
(p)Provisional data
m / m-12 Year-on-year variation. Data corrected for calendar effects
m / m-1 Month-on-month variation. Deseasonalised data
A(m)/A(m-12) Interannual variation rate of the accumulated period from January to the current month over the same accumulated period of the previous year
Date June 27, 2023
Source: Eustat. Large Stores and Food Chains Trade Index- (ISGC)
Sales in large stores and food chains increased in year-on-year terms by 2.0% in Gipuzkoa, in Bizkaia they remained at the same level as in May 2022 and, finally, in Álava sales experienced a downturn of 1.1%, all at constant prices and in homogeneous terms of the working calendar.
In relation to the previous month, April 2023, all three provinces saw an increase in sales. Sales were up 1.5% in quarter-on-quarter terms in Álava, and in both Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa sales increased by 0.8%.
The number of people employed in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country increased by 3.9% in relation to May 2022. Compared to the previous month, the index of employed people fell by 0.4%.
NOTE
Year-on-year variations are calculated using the series corrected for calendar effects, and the month-on-month variations are calculated using the deseasonalised series.
Eustat would like to thank all the establishments that have collaborated in preparing the Large Stores and Food Chains Trade Index. As a result, the index for this month was calculated with 100% coverage.
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