Retail sales in the Canary Islands increased in December 2022 a 6,7% over the same month of 2021

31 Jan Retail sales in the Canary Islands increased in December 2022 a 6,7% over the same month of 2021

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias The Canary Islands are in second position in the ranking of positive variations of this index (6,7%),
being surpassed only by the Balearic Islands (8,9%) and followed by the Valencian Community (5,5%). For another
side, the smallest variations occurred in Melilla (0,1%), Castile – La Mancha (0,9%) and
Estremadura (1,0%). Atendiendo a la evolución de las ventas por grupos, these went up in the Canary Islands
a 0,5% en alimentación y un 11,7% en el resto.

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

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias