“The good agricultural year also had a positive impact on our sales. We saw an increase mainly on the segment of prepaid cards – used preponderantly in rural areas, as well as on the subscription segment,” Popa said.
“November sales were above expectations, higher than in October, which did not happen in previous years,” he added.
The 2011 is the best farming year in the past five.
The growth driver were the wheat, corn and sunflower crops, which increased by up to 50% on 2010.
According to estimates by agriculture minister Valeriu Tabara, the value of the harvest amounts to EUR12 billion this year, EUR2 billion more than last year.
(English version by Daniela Stoican)