October 9 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's retail sales grew by 3.0% year-on-year in August after increasing at a revised annual rate of 2.5% in the previous month, the country's statistical office, NSI, said on Monday, citing preliminary data.
On a seasonally-adjusted monthly comparison basis, retail trade turnover added 0.4% in August following a revised increase of 0.5% in July, the data indicated.
Details follow (pct change):
|
Aug y/y |
Aug m/m |
July y/y |
July m/m |
Retail sales |
3.0 |
0.4 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
- food |
4.5 |
0.2 |
5.3 |
0.4 |
- non-food |
8.2 |
0.4 |
10.3 |
0.7 |
- fuel |
-11.3 |
2.0 |
-17.1 |
-0.6 |
Source: NSI
The NSI has revised the figures for July from previously reported increases of 2.4% year-on-year and 0.3% month-on-month.