SOFIA (Bulgaria), December 8 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria's retail sales grew by 3.8% year-on-year in October after increasing by 2.3% in the previous month, the country's statistical office, NSI, said on Friday, citing preliminary data.
On a seasonally-adjusted monthly comparison basis, retail trade turnover added 0.6% in October following a revised increase of 0.4% in September, the data indicated.
Details follow (pct change):
| |
Oct y/y |
Oct m/m |
Sept y/y |
Sept m/m |
| Retail sales |
3.8 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
0.4 |
| - food |
5.8 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
| - non-food |
7.6 |
0.6 |
8.1 |
0.5 |
| - fuel |
-9.1 |
0.4 |
-12.4 |
-1.5 |
Source: NSI
The NSI has revised the monthly increase for September from a previously reported growth of 0.1%.