Press release No. 130 of 8 April 2020
WIESBADEN – Demand for specific convenience goods continues to be strong in the corona crisis. A special evaluation of experimental data by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) shows that the sales figures of selected products were partly significantly lower in the period from 30 March to 4 April 2020 than in the previous weeks. Sales of toilet tissue were nearly one third lower (–29%) than the average of the preceding six months, whereas such sales had exceeded the six-month average by just under half (+46%) in the preceding week (23 to 29 March).
| Produkt | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in % | ||||||
| Soap | 122 | 153 | 235 | 337 | 133 | 130 |
| Toilet tissue | 56 | 99 | 131 | 211 | 46 | -29 |
| Pasta | 109 | 150 | 140 | 117 | 9 | 2 |
| Flour | 150 | 99 | 192 | 105 | 139 | 57 |
| Sugar | 76 | 39 | 101 | 100 | 35 | 10 |
| Rice | 206 | 41 | 163 | 208 | 27 | 12 |
| Disinfectants | 659 | 751 | 206 | -49 | 165 | 276 |
| Apples | 46 | 13 | 65 | 42 | 26 | 45 |
| Beer | -9 | -9 | -4 | -5 | -17 | -2 |
| Strained tomatoes | 106 | 88 | 205 | 171 | 47 | 46 |
| Yeast | 96 | 51 | 132 | 52 | -37 | 28 |
Methodological note:
The data are based on new data sources and methods. Digital point-of-sale data, also referred to as scanner data, were evaluated for this purpose. Evaluations of this kind are experimental in character and form part of a project on "Experimental data", which is undertaken by the Federal Statistical Office to test new data sources and methods. Selected project results are available at www.destatis.de/exdat.
