In March, the retail trade of the country recorded a growth of 1.5% in the volume of sales and 1.9% in the nominal revenue, compared with the previous month in the seasonally adjusted series.  For the volume of sales, such a result reverses the negative signal observed in May, and for the nominal revenue of sales, it represents the fourth consecutive month of positive rates. In the other comparisons, obtained from the unadjusted original series, the national retail trade recorded, as to the volume of sales, increases of 9.5% over June of the previous year, 9.1% in the accumulated index of the first semester and of 7.5% in the accumulated of the last 12 months. For the same indicators, the nominal revenue of sales recorded change rates of 12.8%, 12.1% and 11.5%, respectively. The complete publication is available at www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/indicadores/comercio/pmc/.

Among ten activities, only one posts negative change

In June, for the volume of sales in the seasonally adjusted series (month/month indicator), just the activity Office, computer and communication material and equipment posted a negative result, with -8.9%. All of the others recorded positive results, namely: Vehicles and motorcycles, parts and pieces (16.4%); Furniture and household appliances (5.3%); Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery (4.3%); Pharmaceutical, medical and orthopedic articles and toiletries (1.7%); Fuels and lubricants (1.1%); Construction material (1.0%); Hypermarket, supermarket, food products, beverages and tobacco (0.8%); Fabric, apparel and footwear (0.4%) and Other articles of personal and domestic use (0.4%).

In the June 2012 over June 2011 relation (unadjusted series), only the activity Office, computer and communication material and equipment registered a negative change (-14.6%). The remaining retail activities presented, in order of importance to the global rate, the following changes for the volume of sales:  11.3% for Hypermarkets, supermarkets, food products, beverages and tobacco; 15.8% for Furniture and household appliances; 11.3% for Pharmaceutical, medical, orthopedic articles, and toiletries ; 6.8% for Fuels and lubricants; 6.7% in Other articles of personal and household use; 9.6% for Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery and 0.3% for Fabric, apparel and footwear.

Hyper, supermarkets, food, beverages and tobacco, with a change of 11.3% in the volume of sales in June, against the same month a year ago, was responsible for the greatest contribution to the overall retail rate (55%). Concerning the accumulated index, in the first six months of the year, the activity registered a growth of 9.6%, and in the last 12 months, of 6.8%.

Furniture and household appliances, up 15.8% in the volume of sales in relation to June last year, accounted for the second highest contribution (29%) in the overall retail rate. This result reflects the government policy aiming at enhancing consumption through the reduction of the IPI tax rate for the so called white line. It is also due to credit maintenance, job stability, as well as to price decrease in house appliances (-7.2%, in the last 12 months, in Electronic devices in the IBGE’s IPCA). The accumulated rate in the year was of 14.1% and, in the last 12 months, of 14.9%.

Pharmaceutical, medical and orthopedic articles and toiletries, with the third highest contribution to the overall retail rate, recorded a growth of 11.3% compared with June of last year, and accumulated rates of 10.9% in the semester and of 9.9% in the last 12 months. The performance of the segment is attributable to credit and to the fact that its products are essential.

Fuels and lubricants were responsible for the fourth greater contribution to the retail result, with a 6.8% change in the volume of sales in relation to June 2011. In terms of accumulated performance in the semester, the change rate reached 4.7%, and, in the last 12 months, 2.5%.  That performance is attributable to fuel’s price fall (-0.7% in the last 12 months, according to IBGE’s IPCA).

Office computer and communication material and equipment, responsible for the only negative result , had a fall in the volume of sales, in June, by 14.6%, against the same month of the previous year, and recorded accumulated rates in the semester of 17.9% and, in the last 12 months, of 20.9%. Among the factors that have been determining the accumulated performance, the highlight was the reduction of the products’ prices and of the credit. However, the monthly rate, with a strong growth since May 2011, had already posted a deceleration in May. And June’s fall can be attributable to sales’ stabilization and also to a base effect, once the change in June 2011 was at 34.7%.

Extended retail trade grows 6.1% in June

The extended retail trade, comprising the retail trade plus the activities of Vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces and Construction material, recorded a change of 6.1%, in relation to the previous month (with seasonal adjustment), for the volume of sales and of 4.9% for the nominal revenue.  Compared with the same month a year ago (seasonally unadjusted), the changes were of 12.3% for the volume of sales and of 12.4% for the nominal revenue. In the indicators accumulated in the year and in the last 12 months, the sector presented change rates of 7.0% and 5.6% for the volume and of 8.5% and 7.8% for the nominal revenue of sales, respectively.

The activity of Vehicles, motorcycles and parts recorded a growth of 19.8%, in the volume of sales, in relation to June 2011, accumulating in the semester and in the last twelve months changes of 3.0% and 2.0%, respectively. The reduction of prices due to tax exemptions explains such changes.  As to Construction Material, the changes in the volume of sales were of 0.5% in the June12/June11 relation, of 9.3% in the accumulated indicator of the semester, and of 7.7% in the last 12 months.

Results were positive in all states in the comparison with June 2011

All of the 27 federation units registered positive results in the comparison with March 2011, in relation to the volume of sales. The highlights were: Roraima (27.6%); Acre (21.5%); Mato Grosso do Sul (18.5%); Maranhão (18.3%) and Amapá (16.1%). Concerning the contribution to the rate of the retail trade, the highlights were, respectively, São Paulo (8.7%); Minas Gerais (10.4%); Rio de Janeiro (6.6%); Rio Grande do Sul (9.6%) and Paraná (11.3%).

As to the extended retail trade, the highest rates in the volume of sales  performance occurred in Roraima (25.9%); Alagoas (24.8%); Acre (23.7%); Rondônia (22.1%) and Mato Grosso (22.0%). In terms of impact on the sector’s overall result, the highlights were São Paulo (13.2%); Rio de Janeiro (9.7%); Paraná (13.9%); Rio Grande do Sul (12.4%) and Bahia (19.9%).

The seasonally adjusted results, for the volume of sales, point to 24 states with positive results on a month/previous month comparison. The highlights were: Mato Grosso do Sul (6.2%); Mato Grosso (5.1%); Bahia (4.4%); Rondônia (4.3%) and Alagoas (3.9%).