Pharmaceutical and medical goods retail trade volume growth monthly 2016-2018 Statistic

This statistic shows the percentage change in volume of medical and orthopaedic goods, cosmetic and toilet articles retail trade in specialized stores (compared to previous month) in the European Union from September 2016 to August 2018. In August 2018, the volume of pharmaceutical and medical goods retail sales in the EU-28 increased by 1.1 percent compared to the previous month.

Percentage change in volume (compared to previous month) of medical and orthopaedic goods, cosmetic and toilet articles retail trade in specialized stores in the European Union (EU28) from September 2016 to August 2018

Characteristic	Percentage change in volume
Aug 18*	1.1%
Jul 18	-0.4%
Jun 18	0.4%
May 18	-0.4%
Apr 18	0.6%
Mar 18	1.9%
Feb 18	-0.2%
Jan 18	0.2%
Dec 17	-0.3%
Nov 17	0.5%
Oct 17	0.5%
Sep 17	-0.4%
Aug 17	0.2%
Jul 17	0.8%
Jun 17	-0.5%
May 17	1.1%
Apr 17	0.1%
Mar 17	0.1%
Feb 17	0.1%
Jan 17	-0.1%
Dec 16	0.5%
Nov 16	0.6%
Oct 16	-0.4%
Sep 16	0.3%

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October 2018

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Survey time period

September 2016 to August 2018

Supplementary notes

* Eurostat estimate (phased out).

Pharmaceutical and medical goods. Refers to European Union - 28 countries.

The volume of retail trade is an index measure of the evolution of turnover (or total amount of goods sold) in the retail trade. Data is working day and seasonally adjusted.

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