More and more is spend on food in Romania

Retail sales in Romania grew by 8.9 percent last year. The Bucharest Institute of National Statistics (INS) reports that the recent increase of food is due to the rising demand towards beverages and tobacco (19.1 percent) while spendings on fuels (5.8 percent) and non-food products (2.8 percent) increased below-average in Romania last year.

Compared to November consumption increased by 8.6 percent in December. Growth in the food, drinks and tobacco category was 23.3 percent, while in the non-food products category was much smaller: 5.8 percent. (by our colleague)