Retail sales in the Canary Islands increased in April 2023 a 6,1% over the same month of 2022

31 May Retail sales in the Canary Islands increased in April 2023 a 6,1% over the same month of 2022

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias The Canary Islands are in fourth position in the ranking of variations of this index (6,1%), siendo
superada por Baleares (12,4%), Madrid (10,4%) and the Valencian Community (7,1%). On the other side, las
Minor variations occurred in Melilla (-0,6%), Castile and León (-0,6%), Murcia (0,7%), Aragon
(0,7%) and Basque Country (0,7%). Atendiendo a la evolución de las ventas por grupos, they did not suffer
variation in food in the Canary Islands (0,0%), while they rose a 17,6% en el resto.

Por su parte, employment in Canarian retail trade has increased by 4,2% in the last twelve
meses, while at the national level it has increased 1,8%. En este concepto, Canarias está posicionada
in second position among the group of autonomous communities and cities, superada por Baleares
(5,3%) and followed by Extremadura (3,7%), while the lowest rates of variation have occurred in
Asturias (-1,8%), Ceuta (-0,9%) and Murcia (0,2%).

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias