ROMANIA: Food, beverages and tobacco sales, 13% growth in May | Progresiv

Trade of food, beverages and tobacco grew by 13.3% in gross series and by 6.2% in terms of number of working days and seasonality in May compared to the same month of the previous year, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics.

Compared to April, sales of food, beverages and tobacco increased in May by 0.2% as gross series and by 3.6% in the number of working days.

Regarding the evolution of food, beverages and tobacco trade in the first five months of this year, the INS data show a 3.6% advance as gross series and a 3.4% seasonally adjusted growth.

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