Good end-of-year performance from retail trade

In December 2017 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 4.7 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 5.9 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and food-type retail sales increased by 2.1 percent and non-food sales grew by 10.4 percent, while motor fuel volume sales rose by 4.1 percent. In 2017 like-for-like volume sales – adjusted for calendar effects – surpassed the previous year’s level by 4.8 percent. //