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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8414

6 March 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Fall in retail sales in eurozone and EU15 in December 2002

Luxembourg, 05/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to estimates published by Eurostat on 4 March, in December 2002, compared with December 2001, the volume of retail trade fell by 1.9% in the eurozone and 0.7% in EU15. The retail trade of "food, drinks and tobacco" contracted by 0.3% in the eurozone but rose by 0.2% in the EU15. The sales of food in specialised stores fell by 1.3% in the eurozone and by 1.9% in the EU15, while sales in non specialised stores increased by 0.3% and 1.0%...

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