Compared to August 2013, retail sales increased 4.7%, placing Romania fourth among EU countries, the EU’s statistical office Eurostat said.
Retail sales in the EU rose 1.4% in August compared to July and 2.5% compared to August 2013.
Alongside Romania, Slovakia posted a monthly decline of 0.6% in August, followed by Latvia with minus 0.2% and Lithuania, Estonia and Ireland, each with minus 0.1%.
At the opposite end, the biggest growth in retail sales on the month in August was posted in Germany (2.5%), Luxemburg (2.5%), Sweden (2.3%), Portugal (2.3%) and Poland (2.2%).
Compared to August last year, Luxembourg had the biggest growth in the EU, of 12.5%, followed by Estonia (+6.7%) and the UK (+5.6%).