Retail trade turnover - food, beverages and tobacco

The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter takes account of changes in the quality of the trade service supplied. As such the volume of sales is conceptually different from the index of production which takes account of quality changes. Data are compiled according to the Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community, (NACE Rev. 2, Eurostat). Turnover for retail trade are compiled as a "fixed base year Laspeyres type volume-index". The current base year is 2015 (Index 2015 = 100). The index is presented in calendar and seasonally adjusted form. Growth rates with respect to the previous month (M/M-1) are calculated from calendar and seasonally adjusted figures while growth rates with respect to the same month of the previous year (M/M-12) are calculated from calendar adjusted figures.

零售贸易指数（Retail Trade Index）是一类经济周期指标，用以反映零售行业月度价值量与实物量层面的经营活动，是衡量最终国内需求的短期指标。需注意，销售实物量与（零售）贸易服务实物量存在本质差异：后者会将所提供贸易服务的质量变动纳入核算范畴，就此而言，销售实物量在概念上不同于生产指数——生产指数同样会将质量变动纳入考量范畴。数据依据《欧洲共同体经济活动统计分类》（NACE Rev. 2，欧盟统计局（Eurostat））编制。零售贸易营业额以固定基期拉斯佩齐斯型实物量指数形式编制，当前基期为2015年（指数以2015年为100）。该指数以日历调整及季节调整两种形式发布。较上月的增长率（M/M-1，即月度环比增长率）基于日历调整与季节调整数据计算得出，而较上年同月的增长率（M/M-12，即年度同比增长率）则仅依据日历调整数据计算。