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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9005

5 August 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 22
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Retail sales up in euro zone and EU25

Brussels, 04/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - In June 2005, the retails sales volume was up 0.9% in the euro zone and 1.7% in the EU25 compared to one year earlier. Compared to May 2004, the sales index was up by 0.4% and 0.5% in the two areas respectively. The food, drinks and tobacco sectors progressed annually at 1.2% in the euro zone and 1.8% in the EU25, while the non-food sector increased 0.4% and 1.4%. Taking each country separately, the largest increases were noted in Lithuania (+13.6%),...