KSH: Compared to October last year, the turnover of retail stores decreased by 1.9 percent

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2020. 12. 03. 11:45

In October, according to the raw data, the turnover of retail stores at constant prices decreased by 2.4 percent and by 1.9 percent, adjusted for the calendar effect, compared to a year earlier. Compared to the previous month, the seasonally and calendar-adjusted volume of retail trade turnover increased by 1.2 percent, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Thursday.

In the second and third quarters, the calendar-adjusted volume of retail trade increased only once, in July, and the KSH still measured a minimal annual growth of only 0.4 percent. In September, retail trade turnover fell by 1.6 percent year-on-year and by 2.0 percent year-on-year, according to raw data. (MTI)