In January, Romanian retail sales inched up 0.7% on the month, EU’s statistics agency Eurostat said. The figures were revised down from an increase of 3% previously estimated.
The total volume of retail trade in the European Union declined 0.4% on the month in February, the data showed.
Among the member states for which data were available, total retail trade fell in 10 and rose in 11. The largest decreases were observed in Slovenia (-5.0%), Poland (-2.7%) and Romania, and the highest increases in Malta (+4.7%), Luxembourg (+2.2%) and Denmark (+1.9%).
In February compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian retail sales rose 2.1%, after an increase of 8.9% in the previous month. The January figures were again revised downward from a growth of 10.2% previously.
Sales in the EU bloc inched down 1.1% on the year in February, the data showed.
Total retail trade fell in eight EU states and rose in 13. The largest decreases were observed in Portugal (-9.6%), Bulgaria (-6.4%) and Spain (-6.2%), and the highest increases in Estonia (+14.8%), Latvia (+10.0%) and Denmark (+8.1%).
The data are adjusted for working days and seasonal effects.
Romanian adjusted retail sales decreased 2.5% in February compared with a month earlier, but were up 3% on the year, according to data from the country’s statistics institute released Tuesday.