EUROSTAT: RETAIL TRADE DOWN IN MARCH AND APRIL 2020

12/06/2020

 

To prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU Member States have taken a wide variety of restrictive measures. Among other limitations, non-essential retail shops have closed, affecting the retail trade volumes.

In March 2020, EU’s volume of retail trade fell by 10% compared with February 2020 and by 8% compared with March 2019. The fall of the EU retail trade continued in April 2020 when the retail volume fell by 11% compared with March 2020 and by 18% compared with April 2019. The strongest declines were recorded for textiles, clothing, and leather products. See for further information the link below:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20200610-1?inheritRedirect=true&redirect=%2Feurostat%2Fweb%2Fcovid-19%2Feconomy

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