ROMANIA: Food and beverages sales, slightly up in the first 4 months | Progresiv

Sales of food, beverages and tobacco reported a slight increase in the first four months of this year, marking a 1.2% advance on gross sales and a 2.1% increase in terms of number of working days and seasonality compared to the same period of 2015, announced the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Regarding the evolution of sales of food, beverages and tobacco in April compared to the same month of last year, as gross series they reported a slight decrease of 0.1%, while seasonally, sales advanced by 0.7% .

Compared to March this year, sales of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 6.5% as gross series in April, but depending on the number of working days and seasonality, food, beverages and tobacco trade reported a decline of 0.3% compared to the previous month.

Overall, retail trade, excluding car sales, increased in the first four months by 3% as gross series and by 7% as adjusted series.