Retail sales in the Canary Islands increased in May 2023 a 7,3% over the same month of 2022

28 Jun Retail sales in the Canary Islands increased in May 2023 a 7,3% 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 (15,2%), Madrid (10,1%) y Cataluña (7,6%). On the other side, the minors
variaciones se produjeron en Castilla y León (0,3%), Murcia (1,6%) and Navarre (1,9%). Taking into account the
evolution of sales by groups in the Canary Islands, subieron un 2,9% en alimentación y un 17,5% en el
rest.

Por su parte, employment in Canarian retail trade has increased by 3,7% in the last twelve
meses, while at the national level it has increased 1,6%. En este concepto, Canarias está posicionada
in second position among the group of autonomous communities and cities, superada por Baleares
(5,7%) and followed by the Valencian Community (3,6%), while the lowest rates of variation are
han dado en Asturias (-1,4%), Ceuta (-0,8%) and Navarre (-0,2%).

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias