Result keeps the index in stability for the 3rd consecutive month, with light falls in the months of the 2nd quarter
Sales in retail trade in the country ranged -0.1% in May to June, maintaining the rate in the field of stability for the 3rd consecutive month, after registering -0.4% in May and -0.3% in April. As a result, the moving average was -0.3% in the quarter ended in June.
The accumulated in the first half of the year closed at 1.8% and, in the last 12 months, the gain was 2.7%. Compared to June 2024, there was a 0.3% increase in sales volume.
IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) released the result of the PMC (Monthly Commerce Research) June this Wednesday (13.ago.2025). This is the report (PDF – 913 kB).
In the expanded retailer, which includes vehicles, motorcycles, parts and parts, building material and wholesale specializing in food products, beverages and tobacco, sales volume dropped 2.5% in June and the first semester closed at 0.5%.
Seasonal adjustment
Sales in the Brazilian retail sector in June had a variation of 0.2% compared to May, in the season with seasonal adjustment. In the previous month, there was a variation of -0.3% and, in April, of -0.3%.
Compared to June 2024, there was a 5.4% increase in sales volume. In the indicator of the last 12 months, the gain was 8.2%. And in the accumulated of 2025, up 7.7%
In sales volume, however, there was a 0.1% drop in June compared to 0.3% compared to June 2024. For the same periods of 2024, there was growth of 1.8% in the year and 2.7% in 12 months.
Cristiano Santos, research manager, points out that this is a stability with low bias, as the three combined results already give a distance of -0.8% compared to March, when there was the last rise.
“However, March was precisely the end of a period that led to the record level of the historical series of fixed-base index. Therefore, one of the factors for this combined fall of the last three months is the high base of comparison. Other factors that also influence is the retraction of credit and the resilience of inflation in the first semester, in key items, such as home feed.”he explains.
In June, PMC registered a drop in sales volume in the following sectors:
- Equipment and Material for Office, Informatics and Communication (-2.7%);
- Books, newspapers, magazines and stationery (-1.5%);
- furniture and appliances (-1.2%);
- Pharmaceutical, doctors, orthopedic and perfumery articles (-0.9%);
- Hyper, supermarkets, food products, beverages and tobacco (-0.5%).
Still, other sectors of retail trade grew in June. Increased sales increase from:
- Other personal and home articles (1.0%)
- Fabrics, clothing and shoes (0.5%)
- fuels and lubricants (0.3%)
