ROMANIA: Sales of food, beverages and tobacco, 7% advance in H1 | Progresiv

In the first half of this year, food, beverages and tobacco sales reported a 7% increase in gross series and a 7.4% increase in terms of working days compared to the first six months of 2017, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics.

In June, sales of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 7.4% as gross series and by 7.1% seasonally adjusted as compared to June last year. Compared to May, sales in June saw a decline of 0.6% in gross series and an increase of 1% in terms of number of working days and seasonality.

Overall, retail trade, excluding car sales, reported an increase of 6.5% in gross series, 7.5% in terms of number of working days and seasonality, in the first half of this year.