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Trade records high sales

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The retailing of Paraná recorded sales growth of 3.3% in February compared to last February 2008. In comparison with the previous month, but the variation was 0.1%.

The data was released yesterday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). According to the institute, the growth of trade of the State reflects mainly the performance of the branch of office supplies, computers and communication.

Despite the crisis in the global economic scenario, the Paraná registers good numbers for the first two months of the year: growth of 4.15%. In the last 12 months (from March 2008 to February 2009), the high Paraná was even greater: 6.2%, exceeding, for example, the variations recorded in the states of Santa Catarina (5.7%) and Rio Grande South (4.6%).

In Brazil, the growth of retail trade was 1.5% in sales and 1.7% in nominal income, comparison made with the previous month (January). Although small, the percentage is significant, since records reversal in the pace of sales, after a quarter of negative rates.

In other comparisons of the original series (without adjustment), the volume of retail sales grew 3.8% in February over the previous year, 4.9% accumulated in the year and 8.0% accumulated in the past 12 months.

Seven of the ten activities in the country were surveyed in the high volume of sales (with seasonal adjustment): vehicles and motorcycles, parts and pieces; Other articles of personal use and domestic, office equipment and supplies, computers and communication equipment construction; Hypermarkets , supermarkets, food products, beverages and tobacco, fuels and lubricants; Articles pharmaceutical, medical, orthopedic, from perfume and cosmetics.

The sales volume of retail trade expanded (most retail activities of vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces of equipment and construction) rose 2.5% from the previous month, and its nominal revenue grew 2.4% (rates with seasonal adjustment). In Paraná, the same indicator was negative (-1.6% against 0.3% registered in January).

Regional

Of the twenty-seven units of the Federation, had six falls in relation to February 2008: Rio Grande do Sul (-2.8%), Goiás (2.5%), Espírito Santo (-2.4%); Tocantins (-1.7%), Goiás (-0.8%) and Paraíba (-0.8%).

The highlights in terms of positive changes in sales volume were Roraima (18.5%), Rondônia (11.4%), Ceará (8.5%), Maranhão (7.9%) and Sergipe (7.8% ). The highest participation rate in the composition of the retail came from São Paulo (5.9%), Rio de Janeiro (6.4%), Bahia (4.0%), Santa Catarina (3.6%) and Paraná (3 , 3%).

In the expanded retail, the highest rates in the volume of sales were in Roraima (16.7%), Rondônia (12.2%), Piauí (10.1%), Sergipe (9.5%) and Amapá (8 , 6%). The largest impacts on the overall result of the sector were the states of São Paulo (2.6%), Rio de Janeiro (3.5%), Ceará (8.1%), Bahia (3.5%) and Minas Gerais ( 1.4%).



Source: Paraná Online / Agencies

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