Retail turnover decreased drastically by 7.1%

In food and food-type mixed retail stores, turnover decreased by 4%, in non-food retail stores by 5.2%, and in fuel retail by 18.1%, the volume of sales volume adjusted for the calendar effect. Calculated without fuel traffic, the decline in traffic was 4.5%. However, the decrease in fuel turnover can significantly reduce the import of crude oil and oil products, contributing to the improvement of the external balance.

The volume of sales in pharmaceutical, medical product, and perfume stores increased by 4.8%, in contrast, by 1% in second-hand goods stores, by 7.8% in textile, clothing, and footwear stores, , decreased by 6% in other industrial goods stores, by 10.7% in mixed industrial goods stores, and by 15.1% in furniture and technical goods stores. The volume of mail-order and internet retailing, which covers a wide range of goods and accounts for 7.3% of the retail turnover, essentially did not change. Compared to the average of 2015, retail turnover increased by 24.4% and compared to 2010 by 36.8%.