December 5 (SeeNews) - Romania's retail sales rose by 10% year-on-year in October, after posting 11.1% growth the month before, seasonally and working-day adjusted data from the country’s statistics office showed on Monday.
On a monthly basis, retail trade turnover was up 0.5% in October, after growing by 0.1% in September, the data indicated.
In the first ten months of the year of the year, retail sales climbed by an annual 14.7%.
Details follow, seasonally and working-day adjusted data (pct change):
|
Oct y/y |
Sept y/y |
Oct m/m |
Sept m/m |
Retail sales |
10.0% |
11.1% |
0.5% |
0.1% |
-food sales |
7.2% |
7.5% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
-non-food sales |
15.0% |
10.4% |
3.2% |
-1.8% |
-fuels |
3.2 |
15.7% |
-5.9% |
1.3% |
The figures do not include trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles.
In 2015, Romania's retail sales rose by 8.9%.