ROMANIA: Sales of food, beverages and tobacco rose by 26% in January | Progresiv

Trade of food, beverages and tobacco reported an increase of 26.1% in January this year, depending on the number of working days and seasonality, and of 26.8% depending on gross sales compared to January 2015, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Compared with December 2015, sales of food, beverages and tobacco dropped by 23.9% in January as gross series, but increased by 1.4% as adjusted series.

Overall, retail trade, excluding motor vehicle sales, rose in January compared with the same month last year by 15.6% as gross series and by 14.9% as adjusted series.