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Article: Eurozone retail trade volume falls 0.4 percent in May
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- July 3, 2009
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Eurozone retail trade volume falls 0.4 percent in May
BRUSSELS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The eurozone's retail trade volume
fell by 0.4 percent in May 2009 compared to the previous month,
Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union (EU), said
on Friday.
For the 27-member EU, retail trade dropped by 0.5 percent in May
2009 compared to the previous month.
The EU and eurozone saw 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent growth in
retial trade in April.
In May 2009, the food, drinks and tobacco sector posted an
increase of 0.2 percent in the eurozone but witnessed a fall of 0.1
percent in the EU. Retail ...