Sales of food, beverages and tobacco fell 1.7% on the month in June, sales of non-food items fell 0.3%, while fuel sales grew 1.3%.

Compared with June 2016, adjusted retail sales grew 6.5%, as fuel sales grew 11%, sales of non-food items grew 10.9%, and sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 2.6%.

In unadjusted terms, retail sales grew 7.3% in June 2017 compared with June 2016.

Adjusted retail sales in the first six months grew 7.3% compared with the same period last year.

Non-food sales grew 11.1%, fuel sales grew 10.2%, and sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 3.1%, the data showed.

In unadjusted data, retail sales grew 7.8% in January-June.