Romania retail sales went up 3.1% in April compared with the previous month in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors, the statistics institute INS said. In March, retail sales were down 1.6% on the month.
Sales of non-food products rose 2.4% on the month in April, the data showed. Sales of food, beverages and tobacco products were up 0.3%, while fuel sales increased 0.6% compared with March.
Against the similar period of 2014, the adjusted retail sales were up 7.5% in March, after a 0.5% drop in March.
Fuel sales rose 13.4% year-on-year in April, while sales of food and non-food items were up 8.9% and, respectively, 2.2% against April 2014.
In the first four months of the year, Romania retail sales posted a 4.4% increase compared with the same period of 2014.
In unadjusted data, retail sales were up 7.1% in April from a month earlier, and a similar 7.1% compared with the same period of 2014.