Fuel sales grew an adjusted 7% in January compared with December and sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 1.4%, while non-food sales remained unchanged.
In unadjusted data, non-food sales were down 27.7%), food beverage and tobacco sales fell 23.9%, and fuel sales fell 17.5%.
Compared with January 2015, Romanian retail sales grew 14.9% in January, as food sales grew 26.1%, non-food sales grew 10.6%, and fuel sales grew 5.7%, the data showed.
In adjusted terms, retail sales grew 15.6% in January compared with January 2015, due to a growth of 26.8% in food, beverage and tobacco sales, 10.8% growth in non-food sales, and 5.8% growth in fuel sales.