Moldova 10-mo Retail Sales Fall by Real 4.7%

In October alone, retail sales fell by 6.5% on the year in real terms to some 1.792 billion lei, the bureau said in a statement.

Privately-held companies with Moldovan capital accounted for 65.9% of all retail sales through September. Their sales decreased by an annual 6.8% in the review period.

Sales of wholly or partially foreign-owned companies increased by an annual 1.2% through October, the statistics office said.

(1 euro=16.4331 Moldovan lei)