ROMANIA: Food and beverages sales rose by 8% in January | Progresiv

Food, beverages and tobacco sales increased by 10.3% in Romania  in terms of gross revenues and by 7.6% depending on seasonality and number of working days in January 2015 compared to January of 2014, announced the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in Romania.

However, compared to December last year, gross sales decreased by 24.8% and those adjusted seasonally reported a 3.2% advance.

Overall, the turnover of retail trade (except for motor vehicles and motorcycles) registered in January of 2015 an increase of 6.3% as gross series compared to the same month last year, and a 6.8% advance based on the number of working days and seasonality, according to INS.