EUROSTAT – CONSUMPTION
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GREEKS are the European Union's highest spenders on clothing and footwear, regarding proportions of annual household expenditure, according to EU statistical agency Eurostat, devoting 11 per cent of spending on clothing and footwear. Second were the Italians - 9.5 per cent. Surprisingly, the French spent second least - 4.8 per cent, with the Finns bottom at 4.7 per cent. Britain was below average - sixth lowest out of 14 countries - at six per cent.
THE GREEKS are the European Union's highest spenders on clothing and footwear, regarding proportions of annual household expenditure, according to EU statistical agency Eurostat, devoting 11 per cent of spending on clothing and footwear. Second were the Italians - 9.5 per cent. Surprisingly, the French spent second least - 4.8 per cent, with the Finns bottom at 4.7 per cent. Britain was below average - sixth lowest out of 14 countries - at six per cent.
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