ROMANIA: Sales of food, beverages and tobacco, 6.8% advance at ten months | Progresiv
Trade of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 6.8%, depending on seasonality and number of working days, and an advance of 6.4% as gross series in the first ten months of the year compared to the same period of 2017, according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). 
In October, sales of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 5.6% as gross series and 5.8% seasonally adjusted compared to October last year. Compared to September, sales remained at the same level in October, reporting an advance of 0.5% both in gross series and in terms of number of working days and seasonality.
Overall, retail trade, with the exception of car sales, reported an increase of 5.4% in gross series and 5.9% in terms of number of working days and seasonality between January and October.
