ROMANIA: Food and beverages sales reported an advance of 15% in the first 11 months of 2016 | Progresiv
Trade of food, drinks and tobacco registered a gross increase of 15.5% in the first eleven months of 2016 while seasonally adjusted sales registered an advance of 15.8% compared to the same period last year, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics. 
In November, sales of food and beverages increased by 6.4% as gross series and by 6.8% as adjusted series compared to November of the previous year. Compared to October of 2016, sales of food, beverages and tobacco reported in November 2016 an advance of 0.2% as gross series and an increase of 0.8% as adjusted series.
Overall, the turnover volume of retail trade (except for trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles) registered in the first eleven months of 2016 an increase of 14.2% as gross series and 14.3% depending on the number of working days and seasonality compared to the same period last year, according to INS data.
