BRUSSELS (AFX) - The euro zone's December retail sales volume fell 0.6 pct from November but was up 0.4 pct year-on-year, the EU statistics office Eurostat said. In the EU, retail sales fell 0.4 pct in December from November and were up 1.5 pct year-on-year. The annual retail trade index for 2001 was up 1.3 pct in the euro zone and up 2.2 pct in the EU, it added. Compared with November, December retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco were unchanged in the euro zone; non-food products were down 1.1 pct, including textiles, clothing and footwear down 0.8 pct, household goods down 0.6 pct, books, newspapers and other specialised store sales down 0.4 pct, mail orders down 1.5 pct and sales from non-specialised stores down 8.6 pct. Year-on-year, December retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco in the euro zone rose 1.2 pct; non-food products were down 0.8 pct, including textiles, clothing and footwear up 0.6 pct, household goods down 0.7 pct, books, newspapers and other specialised store sales down 0.7 pct, mail orders down 0.9 pct and sales from non-specialised stores down 6.3 pct, it added.