Romania’s retail sales up 3.8% y/y in Q3

Romania’s retail sales up 3.8% y/y in Q3
By bne IntelliNews November 6, 2020

Romania's retail sales index increased by 4.6% y/y in September, driven by non-food sales that keep rising by double-digit rates.

The higher real wages, still moderate unemployment and affordable interest rates pushed up the retail sales by 3.8% y/y in the third quarter of the year after a 7.3% y/y contraction in Q2.

As of September, the seasonally and workday adjusted retail sales index was still 1.9% below the pre-crisis level reached in February.

However, non-food sales boasted double-digit growth in September (+11.6% y/y) and are already 4.3% above the pre-crisis level of February (in adjusted terms).

Food sales increased by only 2.7% y/y in September and lag by 2% compared to February.

Fuel sales have failed to recover so far as they were 4.2% smaller in September than in the same month last year. Compared to February, the decline was much steeper at 10.5%. 

 

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