Retail Trade
(asked on 25th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of economic output was attributed to the retail sector in each of the last 10 years, and what estimate they have made of that sector’s contribution over the next 10 years.
The table below sets out the percentage of nominal output attributed to retail trade (except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) in each of the last 10 years:
Year | Retail trade as share of nominal output |
2006 | 5.6% |
2007 | 5.6% |
2008 | 5.6% |
2009 | 5.6% |
2010 | 5.7% |
2011 | 5.6% |
2012 | 5.7% |
2013 | 5.6% |
2014 | 5.6% |
2015 | 5.6% |
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