The volume of turnover in retail trade, with the exception of trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles, unadjusted series, registered an increase of 12.3%, in February 2024 compared to the same period last year, due to the increases recorded in the sales of non-food products (+19.8%), sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (+7.1%) and retail trade of motor fuels in specialized stores (+6.2%).
According to the data of the National Institute of Statistics (INS), published on Friday, on an adjusted basis, business in trade registered an increase, as a whole, by 7.1%, due to the increases recorded in the sales of non-food products (+14.1%), sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+3.0%) and in the retail trade of fuel for motor vehicles in specialized stores (+2.2%).
Compared to January this year, the volume of turnover in the retail trade, excluding the trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles, increased by 2.6%, on an unadjusted basis, in February, due to the advance in the retail trade of motor fuels in specialized stores (+4.2%), sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (+4.1%) and sales of non-food products (+0.8%).
Expressed as workday and seasonally adjusted series, the volume of trade turnover increased by 0.6%, against the background of the increases recorded in the retail trade of motor fuels in specialized stores (+1.9%) , sales of non-food products by (+0.9%) and sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (+0.2%).
In the first two months of this year, the volume of turnover in retail trade (with the exception of trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), unadjusted series, registered an increase, as a whole, by 9.8%, due to the increase in sales of non-food products ( +15.9%), sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (+5.8%) and retail trade of fuel for motor vehicles in specialized stores (+4.1%).
On an adjusted series basis, the turnover recorded an overall increase of 6.5%, due to the increases recorded in sales of non-food products (+11.9%), sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (+3.4 %) and in the retail trade of fuels for motor vehicles in specialized stores (+2%).
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