The recent coronavirus outbreak affects virtually all people in the Netherlands. Certainly, the effects will also be visible in statistics that are being produced by Statistics Netherlands in the future.
The Dutch retail sector recorded 8.2 percent year-on-year turnover growth in May 2020. This is the highest growth in 14 year time.
Retail trade. Turnover: index 2015 = 100, change By activity (SIC 2008).
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The impact of the corona crisis on compiling the CPI
Businesses with a growth or decline in turnover Business activity and business size
Dutch retail sector recorded 1.5 percent year-on-year turnover decline in April 2020.
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in mid-April is slightly less favourable than in the previous month.
According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), which is based on currently available data, gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 1.7 percent in Q1 2020 relative to Q4 2019.
Dutch retail sector achieved 3.5 percent year-on-year turnover growth in March 2020.
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Dutch retail sector achieved 5 percent year-on-year turnover growth in February 2020. The volume of sales increased by 3.5 percent.
Trade and industry; jobs, labour volume, costs and revenues, results Industry, construction, trade, transport, personal and business services
retail, shops, supermarkets, food, internet sales
In percentage terms, the turnover increase was highest for shelf-stable products in particular, including canned goods, frozen vegetables, rice and pasta.
Dutch retail sector achieved 3.7 percent year-on-year turnover growth in January 2020. The volume of sales increased by 2.2 percent.
Riding the wave of the digital revolution – starting in the 1960s – CBS began processing data electronically by means of computers.
The Dutch retail sector achieved 3.4 percent turnover growth in 2019.
Dutch retail sector achieved 2.6 percent year-on-year turnover growth in November 2019. The volume of sales increased by 1.4 percent.
Manual retail price observations discontinued
The popularity of the common shrimp (C. crangon) during the holiday season is clearly visible in the turnover development of Dutch supermarkets.
Dutch retail sector achieved 3.9 percent year-on-year turnover growth in October 2019.
Dutch retail sector achieved 4.6 percent year-on-year turnover growth in September 2019.
Dutch retail sector achieved 3.0 percent year-on-year turnover growth in August 2019.
