---
title: "Spain Retail Trade Indices (ICM)"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/ine/retail-sales"
tags: ["Statistical Agencies"]
---

# Spain Retail Trade Indices (ICM)

`GET /api/v1/ine/retail-sales`

Monthly Indices de Comercio al por Menor from INE operation ICM (32). Returns the current national turnover-at-constant-prices table (id 75809), covering general retail and breakdowns by means of distribution. Use `/ine/table/{id}` for other ICM tables such as current-prices turnover (59800), by-activity rates (67178), or occupancy (60114).

## Query parameters

- `nult` integer — Number of most-recent monthly observations per series in the table.

## Response `200`

Retail Trade Indices headline series (national general and by distribution).

- EnvelopeIneRetailSalesPayload
  - `data` IneRetailSalesPayload, required
    - `table` IneTablePayload, required
      - `tabla_id` integer, required — Requested INE table numeric identifier.
      - `series` IneTableSeries[] — Every series in the table with its observations.
        - `serie_id` string, nullable — INE series COD.
        - `name` string — Series name as published by INE.
        - `observations` IneObservation[] — Observations ordered by ascending date.
          - `date` string, required — Observation timestamp in ISO 8601 UTC (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ), converted from INE `Fecha` with Madrid offset.
          - `value` union — Observation value from `Valor`. Null when the observation is confidential.
            - number
            - integer
          - `year` integer, nullable — Reference year (INE `Anyo`).
          - `period` string, nullable — Period label (e.g. 'M12' for December, 'QIV' for fourth quarter) from INE `Periodo`.
          - `data_type` string, nullable — Data type label (e.g. 'Final value', 'Provisional value') from INE `TipoDato`.
          - `confidential` boolean, nullable — True when the observation is flagged as secret by INE (`Secreto`).
        - `count` integer — Number of observations returned.
      - `count` integer — Number of series returned.
      - `page` integer, nullable — Page number (1-based). Upstream caps each page at 500 items.
  - `meta` SugraMeta, required — Metadata attached to every /api/v1/* response envelope.
    - `endpoint` string, required — Requested endpoint path.
    - `data_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the source data, not of the request.
    - `response_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when this response was produced.
    - `provider` string, required — API name and version.
    - `source` string, nullable — Identifier of the primary upstream source used for this response.
    - `attribution` string, nullable — Human-readable attribution mandated by an upstream source (e.g. a securities regulator or self-regulatory organization). Present only on responses whose source requires the owner and source to be clearly identified. Do not remove or alter it when using the response.
    - `fallback_used` boolean, nullable — True when the primary source failed and a fallback produced the data.
    - `fallback_chain` string[], nullable — Ordered list of sources attempted, in the order they were tried.
    - `cached` boolean, nullable — True when this response was served from the internal cache.
    - `stale` boolean, nullable — True when the cached response was returned after the upstream rate-limited or errored. Clients can use this to detect degraded data.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid `x-api-key` header.
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Daily rate limit exceeded. Check `X-RateLimit-Reset` for the next window.
- `503` — Upstream source is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.

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