From July 2024, NSI started publishing Turnover Indices in Retail trade by base year 2021 = 100 in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council for European Business Statistics and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197.
In August 2024, the turnover in ‘Retail trade, except motor vehicles and motorcycles’ at constant prices decreased by 0.6% compared to the previous month. The data are preliminary and seasonally adjusted.
A decrease was reported in ‘Retail sales of non-food products (except fuel)’ - by 1.1% and ‘Retail sales of automotive fuel in specialised stores’ - by 0.6%. ‘Retail sales of food, beverages and tobacco’ kept the level of the previous month.
The trade turnover rose by 4.9% compared to August 2023 according to the calendar-adjusted data.
In August 2024, compared to the same month of 2023, an increase in turnover was registered in the ‘Retail sales of food, beverages and tobacco’ - by 10.2% and in the ‘Retail sales of non-food products (except fuel)’ - by 4.7%. А decrease was reported in the ‘Retail sales of automotive fuel in specialised stores’ - by 6.4%.
