Japan - Retail Sales

Japan: Retail Sales

Mnemonic	WRT.IJPN
Unit	Bil. JPY, NSA
Adjustments	Not Seasonally Adjusted
	Monthly	16.31 %
Data	Jan 2021	12,097
	Dec 2020	14,454

Series Information

Source	Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) - Japan
Release	Monthly Report on the Current Survey of Commerce
Frequency	Monthly
Start Date	1/31/1980
End Date	1/31/2021

Japan: Consumer

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Consumer Confidence	Feb 2021	33.8	29.6	Index, SA	Monthly
Retail Sales	Jan 2021	12,097	14,454	Bil. JPY, NSA	Monthly

Release Information

Description

The "Current Survey of Commerce" is conducted to clarify the trends in Japan in business activities of establishments (including department stores, chain stores, supermarkets, other large-scale stores and convenience stores) engaged in trade. Commercial Sales figures include all retailers; large-scale figures only include supermarket and department store figures. Monthly from 2002.

Methodology

For this survey, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) commissions prefectural governments, through the survey-takers, to request the surveyed establishments to fill in questionnaires, which are then collected. The Ministry also directly request the head offices of the department stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, large-scale specialty retailers for home electric appliances, drugstores and the home improvement stores to fill in questionnaires and then retrieve the data from them.

The industry classification is JSIC.

Revisions

Data is revised when new data becomes available.

Notes

The growth figures are calculated based on the indices not the actual values. When comparing the two there are discrepancies because the indices would have been calculated base from rounding up of the actual values. It's collected from the commodity base level and leading up to the top, which leads to greater differences if you're comparing the total indices growth vs total actual values growth.

For more information please refer to the source file.