4 Iunie 2010

April retail trade turnover drops 5.2%



Retail trade turnover dropped 5.2% from the same period of 2009, weighed down by food and non-food sales decline, data from the National Institute of Statistics show.
Indicators don’t cover vehicles and motorcycles sales and are adjusted for working days and seasonal effects. In gross series, the retail trade shrank 5.7% year-on-year.

In March, the retail trade fell by seasonally-adjusted 4.8% YoY.

In the second month of 2010, food, drinks and tobacco sales fell 7.3%, non-food dropped 6.6%, while automotive fuel in specialized stores dropped 1.7%.

On a monthly basis, April retail trade turnover declined 1.7% weighed down by 4.4% drop in non-food, 2.9% decrease in food, drinks and tobacco. Automotive fuel in specialized stores fell 0.2%.

In gross series, the retail trade turnover (excepting vehicles and motorcycles sales) shrank 0.9% month-on-month.

Retail trade turnover (except for vehicle and motorcycle sales) for the January-April period, series adjusted by the number of working days and seasonality fell by 7.5% year-on-year, on 8.9% lower non-food sales, 8.0% drop in food, drinks and tobacco, and 4.6% decline in automotive fuel in specialized stores.

In gross series, retail trade turnover fell 7%.



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