October 6 (SeeNews) - Romania's retail sales rose by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 5.9% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2022, the national statistical office, INS, said on Thursday.
On an adjusted basis, sales of food, beverages and tobacco rose by an annual 4.3% during January-August, non-food sales increased 4.6% and sales of fuels were up 8.5% compared to the like period of 2021, INS said in a statement.
Based on unadjusted data, retail sales climbed 4.8% on the year between January-August 2022.
In August alone, Romania's retail sales increased by an adjusted 3.7% year-on-year.
As against the previous month, the adjusted retail turnover volume in August increased globally by 0.6% due to increases registered by the sale of non-food products (+1.1%), by the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (+0.6%) and by the retail of automotive fuel in specialised stores (+0.2%).
When compared to July 2022, the gross retail turnover volume in August rose by an unadjusted 2.7% due to increases registered by the sale of non-food products (+3.8%), by the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (+2.3%) and by the retail of automotive fuel in specialised stores (+1.2%).
The figures do not include trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles.