Sales of food, beverages and tobacco, up by 4.5% at four months | Progresiv

In the first four months of this year, sales of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 4.5%, depending on seasonality and number of working days compared to the same period of 2018, while gross sales increased by 4.7%, according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics.

In April, gross food and beverage sales reported an increase of 9% compared to April last year, while sales reported by seasonality and number of working days reported an advance of 7.7% according to INS data.

Compared to March this year, sales in April reported a 6% advance as gross series and a plus of 2.3% depending on the number of working days and seasonality.

Overall, retail trade, excluding car sales, increased between January and April 2019 by 8.1% as gross series and by 8% seasonally adjusted.