Sales of non-food items grew 2.7% on the month in September, while sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 1.2% in adjusted data, and fuel sales grew 0.7%.
Compared with September 2014, adjusted retail sales grew 10.9%, driven by a 27.3% growth in sales of food, beverages and tobacco. Fuel sales grew 5.2% and sales of non-food items grew 3.8% during this period.
In January-September, Romania’s adjusted retail sales grew 6.4% compared with the same period in 2014, due to a 15.4% growth in sales of food, beverages and tobacco.
In adjusted data, retail sales declined 0.6% in September compared with August, and increased 12% compared with September 2014. In January-September, unadjusted retail sales posted an annual growth of 6.9%.