ROMANIA: Sales of food, beverages and tobacco rose by 19% in March | Progresiv

Trade of food, beverages and tobacco rose in March by 19.3% based on gross sales and by 18.5% depending on the number of working days and seasonality compared to the same month of 2015, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Increases were observed compared to February as well, sales of food, beverages and tobacco rising by 11.9% as gross series and by 0.5% as adjusted series by number of working days and seasonality.

In the first three months of 2016 the turnover of retail trade increased compared to the first quarter of 2015 both as gross series, by 19%, and as adjusted series by number of working days and seasonality, by 16,9%.