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This data, sourced from Stats NZ, monitors consumption in New Zealand using the amount of retail sales as the measure.
Retail trade sales | ||||
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Date | ($m) | ($m s.a.) | (q/q% s.a.) | (y/y%) |
Previous years: | ||||
Mar 2020 | 24,794 | 24,926 | -0.7 | 3.4 |
Mar 2021 | 26,321 | 26,932 | 2.3 | 6.2 |
Quarterly: | ||||
Jun 2021 | 27,482 | 28,097 | 4.3 | 37.1 |
Sep 2021 | 25,107 | 26,177 | -6.8 | -1.7 |
Dec 2021 | 31,002 | 28,816 | 10.1 | 8.8 |
Mar 2022 | 28,434 | 28,948 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
Retail trade statistics measure the sales of a wide range of businesses that provide household and personal goods and services.
Final consumption expenditure from the national accounts comprises expenditure by households, private non-profits, central and local government.
Quarterly
We publish retail trade statistics around seven weeks after the end of the reference quarter.
We publish gross domestic product around three months after the end of the reference quarter.
The statistics release calendar provides a long-term plan of scheduled releases. We update and release the calendar on the first working day of the month.
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We source data from Statistics New Zealand.
The value sales (excluding GST) in the retail trade sector.
Retail sales volumes expressed in September 2010 quarter prices. This is a constant price estimate that removes movement caused by price changes.
Private final consumption expenditure comprises household expenditure or outlays on consumer goods and services, and the final consumption expenditure on non-capital items of private non-profit institutions serving households.
Government final consumption expenditure is the value of goods and services provided by the government sector for current consumption by the community. It includes both central and local government.
Symbol or convention | Definition |
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0 | Zero or value rounded to zero |
- | Not applicable |
.. | Not available |
bold | Revised/new |
italics | Provisional |
Light grey background | Historical |
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