Sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 3.6% on the month in May, fuel sales grew 2.2%, and sales of non-food items grew 1.8%.
Compared with May 2016, adjusted retail sales grew 12.3%, as sales of non-food items grew 15.3%, fuel sales grew 12.2%, and sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 12.7%.
In unadjusted terms, retail sales grew 14% in May 2017 compared with May 2016.
Adjusted retail sales in the January-May period grew 8.2% compared with the same period last year. Non-food sales grew 11.2%, fuel sales grew 10.1%, and sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 3.4%, the data showed.
In unadjusted data, retail sales grew 7.9% in the first five months.