EUROSTAT REPORT
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLJANUARY sales figures collated from across the European Union (EU) have shown trade picking up compared with 2003, with a 2.2 per cent increase showing a market improvement over weaker pre-Christmas sales, where a 0.4 per cent rise was recorded. Britain (up 6.1 per cent), France (4.1 per cent), Spain (4.5 per cent) and Sweden (3.9 per cent) enjoying particularly robust sales. Germany was the only EU country for whom national figures are available which saw sales decline compared with 2003, (down 1.2 per cent), reflecting a continuing gloomy ...
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