Press Release 30/09/2024
LARGE STORES AND FOOD CHAINS TRADE INDEX. AUGUST 2024
Sales in large store and food chains in the Basque Country were up 1.0% in August 2024
In relation to the previous month, there was no significant variation in sales (0.0%)
In August 2024, sales at large stores and food chains in the Basque Country, at constant prices, rose by 1.0% in relation to the same month of the previous year, according to Eustat data.
However, compared to July 2024, sales at constant prices remained unchanged.
Sales increased in month-on-month terms by 0.4% in the Food sector and decreased by 0.8% in the Other Products sector. In year-on-year terms, August 2024 compared to August 2023, sales at constant prices were up 1.6% in Food and fell by 0.1% in Other Products.
Large Stores and Food Chains Trade Index of the Basque Country by province and month. Inter-annual and inter-mensual variation rates (p). August 2024
| | Constant prices |
| | m / m-12 | m / m-1 | A (m) /A (m-12) |
| SALES INDEX by historic territory | | | |
| Basque Country | 1,0 | 0,0 | -0,2 |
| Araba/Álava | 1,7 | -0,2 | -0,3 |
| Bizkaia | 0,7 | -0,4 | -0,5 |
| Gipuzkoa | 1,1 | 0,8 | 0,4 |
| | | | |
| SALES INDEX by sector | | | |
| Foodstuffs | 1,6 | 0,4 | 0,5 |
| Rest of products | -0,1 | -0,8 | -1,5 |
| | | | |
| EMPLOYMENT INDEX | | | |
| Basque Country | 1,9 | 0,6 | 1,4 |
(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 September 30, 2024
Source: Eustat. Large Stores and Food Chains Trade Index- (ISGC)
In August 2024 sales in large stores and food chains increased in year-on-year terms at constant prices in all three provinces: by 1.7% in Álava, 0.7% in Bizkaia and 1.1% in Gipuzkoa.
In relation to the previous month, July 2024, there was an upturn in sales of 0.8% in Gipuzkoa and decreases of 0.4% in Bizkaia and 0.2% in Álava.
Lastly, the number of people employed in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country rose by 1.9% in comparison with August 2023. In month-on-month terms, the index registered a rise of 0.6%.
In the cumulative period during the first eight months of 2024, there was a cumulative decrease in sales of 0.2% in the Basque Country as a whole. There was 0.4% growth in Gipuzkoa, whereas there was a 0.5% decrease in Bizkaia and a 0.3% drop in Álava.
In Food, cumulative sales in the year to date registered a rise of 0.5% while in Other products the cumulative variation was down 1.5%.
NOTE
Year-on-year variations are calculated using the series corrected for calendar effects, and 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. The index for this month was calculated with 96.87% 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