Overall retail trade volume in the European Union inched up 0.6% on the month in April, EU’s statistics agency Eurostat said.
The highest monthly increases among EU members were observed in Latvia (+2.5%) and the United Kingdom (+2.1%), while the highest decreases were registered in Romania, Malta (-2.6%) and Germany and Portugal (both -0.9%).
On an annual basis, Romanian retail sales rose 4.6% in April, the data showed. Sales in the European Union advanced 3.4% on the year.
The highest annual increases in total retail trade were observed in Latvia (+10.5%), Estonia (+9.3%), the United Kingdom (+8.4%) and Lithuania (+8.0%). The only decrease was registered in Portugal (-0.4%).
The data are adjusted for working days and seasonal effects.