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The corona pandemic is driving sales of hygiene products in Germany. Toilet paper sales figures for the week of October 12-17 were almost double (plus 89.9 percent) than the average for the months prior to the crisis from August 2019 to January 2020, as shown by a special assessment released Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office.
Disinfectant sales grew almost three-quarters (plus 72.5 percent) and soap sales almost two-thirds (plus 62.3 percent). “Demand for sanitizers and soap remained slightly above average even during the summer, when food sales largely normalized,” he said.
Demand for certain foods also increased in the period under review in mid-October. Flour sales increased 28.4 percent and yeast sales 34.8 percent. However, the sales figures for pasta such as noodles fell slightly by 0.2 percent.
