ROMANIA: Food and beverages sales, up by 18% in the first nine months | Progresiv

Sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered a gross increase of 17.8% in the first nine months of 2016, while seasonally adjusted sales recorded an advance of 18% compared to the same period last year, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

In September, sales of food and beverages increased by 6.3% as gross series and by 7.5% as adjusted series compared to September of the previous year. Compared to August of this year, sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered a slight increase in September, of 0.4% as adjusted series and a decline of 4.7% as gross series.

Overall, the turnover of retail trade (except trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles) registered in the first nine months of 2016 an increase of 15.5% as gross series or 15.3% depending on the number of working days and seasonality compared to the same period of last year, according to INS.