RSS
First half-year trade businesses up 6.8 pct
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Compared to the previous month, in June 2019 the retail turnover volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased both as gross series by 0.1% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by 1.3%.
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Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the retail turnover volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased both as gross series by 4.9% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by 5.7%.
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Compared to the period 1.I-30.VI.2018, in the period 1.I-30.VI.2019 the retail turnover volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased both as gross series by 6.8% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by 6.9%.
The retail trade turnover volume (except the trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) in the gross series, recorded a 6.8 pct growth in the first half of the year 2019 as compared to the similar period of 2018, due to an increase in the non-food products sales (+9.7 pct), the retail trade of fuels for motor vehicles in the specialised stores (+5.4 pct) and the sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (+4.8 pct).
The retail trade turnover by series adjusted according to the number of working days and seasonality recorded a 6.9 pct increase, due to the advance of the non-food products sales (+9.9 pct), the retail trade of fuels for motor vehicles in the specialised stores (+5.9 pct) and the sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (+4.7 pct).