Retail sales in the Canary Islands increased in January 2023 a 13,3% over the same month of 2022

10 Sea Retail sales in the Canary Islands increased in January 2023 a 13,3% over the same month of 2022

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias The Canary Islands are in first position in the ranking of positive variations of this index
(13,3%), seguida por Baleares (12,2%) and the Valencian Community (9,7%). On the other side, the minors
variations occurred in Murcia (1,2%), Navarra (2,1%) y Castilla – La Mancha (3,5%). Attending
to the evolution of sales by groups, these rose in the Canary Islands a 5,8% en alimentación y un
24,9% en el resto.

Por su parte, employment in Canarian retail trade has increased by 3,0% in the last twelve
meses, while at the national level it has increased 0,8%. En este concepto, Canarias está posicionada
in the first position among the group of autonomous communities and cities, equaled with
Estremadura (3,0%) and followed by the Balearic Islands (2,8%) y Castilla – La Mancha (2,7%), while the
lower rates of variation have occurred in Asturias (-3,3%), Murcia (-0,8%), Ceuta (-0,8%) and Aragon
(-0,8%).

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias