The economic situation of trade in 2024 Report prepared for the Commission for National Commercial Accounts

Philippe GALLOT, Jacques BONFILS, Jean FINOT, Ariel GAMRASNI, Nathalie LÉPINE pour la Division Commerce et services de l’Insee, Roxane JOURDAIN à la Direction Générale des Douanes et droits indirects et Pierre-Marie ROMAIN à la Banque de France ont réalisé ce rapport, sous la direction de Nila CECI-RENAUD, rapporteuse de la Commission.

Documents de travail
No 2024-27
Paru le :Paru le19/12/2024
Philippe GALLOT, Jacques BONFILS, Jean FINOT, Ariel GAMRASNI, Nathalie LÉPINE pour la Division Commerce et services de l’Insee, Roxane JOURDAIN à la Direction Générale des Douanes et droits indirects et Pierre-Marie ROMAIN à la Banque de France ont réalisé ce rapport, sous la direction de Nila CECI-RENAUD, rapporteuse de la Commission.
Documents de travail No 2024-27- December 2024

In 2024, volume of sales in the trade sector in France would be steady compared to 2023. Detail trade would rise more strongly than in the Euro zone, after a fall in 2023. On the opposite, wholesale trade would be almost stable (even declining in Euro zone) and automotive trade and repair trade would dwindle (like in Euro zone). In France, household consumption expenditure would increase slightly, while government consumption expenditure would accelerate. Their prices would slow significantly. Investment would fall, reflecting the contraction in investment by non-financial companies and the deceleration in investment by general government.