Modest advance for food, beverage and tobacco sales | Progresiv

Sales of food, beverage and tobacco reported a 0.4% increase in gross series in November compared to October, as shown by data from the National Institute of Statistics.

Calculated according to seasonality and the number of working days, the trade in food, beverages and tobacco reported an even more modest advance, of only 0.3%.

However, compared to the same period of last year, the trade in food, beverages and tobacco increased in November 2019 by 7% per gross series and by 6.7% depending on the seasonality.

Cumulatively, the retail trade (excluding the trade of vehicles and motorcycles) had a 7% advance after the first eleven months of this year, both as gross series and seasonally adjusted.