As against April 2022, in April 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally declined by 1.6% in unadjusted data due to decreases in automotive fuel sales in specialised stores (-7.6%) and in sales of non-food products (-1.3%). Sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew by 1.5%.
As against April 2022, in April 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally declined by 1.5% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to decreases in automotive fuel sales in specialised stores (-5.1%) and sales of non-food products (-0.3%). Sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew by 1.1%.
As against March 2023, in April 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally declined by 5.2% in unadjusted data due to decreases in sales of automotive fuel sales in specialised stores (-6.8%), in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-6.1%) and in sales of non-food products (-3.8%).
As against March 2023, in April 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally declined by 3.7% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to decreases in automotive fuel sales in specialised stores (-6.4%), in sales of non-food products (-2.8%) and in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-2.4%).
Compared to January-April 2022, in January-April 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally increased by 3.4% in unadjusted data due increases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+5.7%) and sales of non-food products (+4.0%). Automotive fuel sales in specialised stores dropped by 2.1%.
Compared to January-April 2022, in January-April 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally increased by 3.1% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to increases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+4.7%) and in sales of non-food products (+3.7%). Automotive fuel sales in specialised stores fell by 1.3%.