Sales of food, beverages and tobacco, 4.7% advance in H1 | Progresiv

Trade with food, beverages and tobacco reported an increase of 4.7% in the first six months of this year, depending on the seasonality and the number of working days compared to the same period of 2018, while gross sales increased with 4.8%, according to the data communicated by the National Institute of Statistics.

In June, gross sales of food and beverages increased by 4.6% compared to June of last year, while sales reported by seasonality and number of working days reported an advance of 4.1 %, also shows INS data.

Compared to the previous month, sales reported a slight decrease of 0.4 % as gross series in June and an advance of 0.6% depending on the number of working days and seasonality.

Overall, retail trade, with the exception of car sales, increased between January and June 2019 by 6.8% as gross series and with 6.9% seasonally adjusted.