Sales of food, beverages and tobacco increased at the beginning of 2020 | Progresiv

Trade of food, beverages and tobacco reported an increase of 9.6% in January, depending on the seasonality and the number of working days compared to the same period of 2019, while gross sales increased by 10.6%, according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics.

Compared to December last year, sales of food, beverages and tobacco registered a 22.8% decrease in January as a gross series, while seasonally adjusted sales reported an increase of 1.5%.

Overall, retail trade, with the exception of car sales, increased in January 2020 by 11.1% as gross series and by 9.4% seasonally adjusted.