Sales of non-food products increased 3.7% on the year in 2013, but fuel and food sales were down 3.3% and 0.3%, respectively. The data are adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
In December alone, adjusted retail sales edged up 0.6% compared with November, on higher demand in most sectors. Compared with the same month of 2012, Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 4.8% in December.
In unadjusted data, retail sales increased 0.5% in 2013 from a year earlier, the data showed.