# Italy Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted)

Italy Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted) was down 0.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with −1.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 83.30 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.9% (Dec 2022) to 7.9% (Mar 2021), averaging −2.2%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.RETSALES.M.SA.NACE-G472`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (321 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/retail-sale-of-food-beverages-and-tobacco-in-specialised-stores-volume

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 83.30 | −0.8 |
| August 2026 | 83.00 | −1.5 |
| July 2026 | 83.40 | −1.3 |
| June 2026 | 83.20 | −1.8 |
| May 2026 | 83.60 | −1.3 |
| April 2026 | 84.20 | −1.1 |
| March 2026 | 84.30 | −0.1 |
| February 2026 | 83.80 | −1.5 |
| January 2026 | 84.00 | −1.6 |
| December 2025 | 84.10 | −1.6 |
| November 2025 | 83.90 | −0.7 |
| October 2025 | 84.30 | −2.0 |
| September 2025 | 84.00 | −3.0 |
| August 2025 | 84.30 | −2.3 |
| July 2025 | 84.50 | −2.5 |
| June 2025 | 84.70 | −1.4 |
| May 2025 | 84.70 | −2.3 |
| April 2025 | 85.10 | −0.8 |
| March 2025 | 84.40 | −1.9 |
| February 2025 | 85.10 | −2.3 |
| January 2025 | 85.40 | −0.9 |
| December 2024 | 85.50 | −1.7 |
| November 2024 | 84.50 | −4.2 |
| October 2024 | 86.00 | −1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.RETSALES.M.SA.NACE-G472"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.RETSALES.M.SA.NACE-G472",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```