direct/ Carrefour SA: Full Year 2006 Sales

Carrefour meets its 2006 sales growth target Sales inc. VAT + 6.3% on constant exchange rates (vs. 4.3% in 2005)

Consolidation of growth in France resulting from a determined customer strategy:

- Cumulatively to December 3rd*, the Group gained 0.5% food market share in 2006, all formats included.

- Like-for-like sales, excluding petrol, grew 1.6% and 2.9% respectively in hypermarkets and supermarkets, mainly resulting from food volume growth. Total sales in France were up 4.4%.

Sustained growth outside France: sales up 8.1% on constant exchange rates

- The Group´s engines for growth recorded strong performances, notably China, Greece, Poland, Spain, Colombia, Argentina and Indonesia

- These good performances have more than offset a difficult year in Italy and Taiwan.

The acceleration in organic growth is bearing fruit:

- New square meters contributed to 5.1% of total growth in 2006

- The rate of openings has strengthened, with 103 new hypermarkets, of which 87 were opened organically.

- Overall, we have added this year close to 1000 additional stores and 1.4 million new m(2), of which 90% were opened organically (+20% compared to 2005)

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