December 3 (SeeNews) - The volume of retail trade in Slovenia grew by 34.3% year-on-year and by 13% month-on-month in October, the highest increase rate among all EU member states by both indicators, Eurostat said on Friday.
Aming EU members in Southeast Europe (SEE), Croatia posted the second-biggest annual rise in retail trade volume, by 8.7%, the bloc's statistical office said in a statement.
Details of retail sales volume of EU member states in SEE follow (percentage change):
|
Oct y/y |
Oct m/m |
Bulgaria |
7.6 |
0.6 |
Croatia |
8.7 |
-1.9 |
Greece |
c |
c |
Romania |
4.6 |
-0.4 |
Slovenia |
34.3 |
13.0 |
EU average |
2.3 |
0.3 |
Euro area average |
1.4 |
0.2 |
source: Eurostat