LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), December 3 (SeeNews) – Slovenia's retail sales grew by 13.3% on the year in October, after increasing by 5.2% in September, data from the country's statistical office showed.
On a monthly comparison basis, retail trade turnover was 7.9% higher in October, following a 0.8% increase in September, the statistical office said in a monthly report last week.
In 2017, Slovenia achieved retail sales growth of 8.2%, 4.2 percentage points higher than in 2016.
Details on Slovenia's retail trade turnover follow (pct change):
|
Oct y/y |
Sept y/y |
Oct m/m |
Sept m/m |
Retail trade turnover |
13.3 |
5.2 |
7.9 |
0.8 |
- food |
-3.5 |
-6.2 |
0.3 |
-1.0 |
- non-food |
5.5 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
-2.7 |
- fuel |
39.9 |
22.9 |
16.0 |
7.0 |