The sale of food, beverages and tobacco decreased by 2.2%.
As against April 2021, in April 2022 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles), when adjusted to the number of working days and to seasonality, increased by 3.7% due to increases registered by the retail of automotive fuel in specialized stores (+13.3%), by the sale of non-food products (+5.3%) and by the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (+3.9%).
Compared to March 2022, in April 2022, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles), in unadjusted data, advanced by 3.4% due to increases recorded by the retail of automotive fuel in specialized stores (+6.2%), by the sale of non-food products (+4.1%) and by the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (+1.2%).
As against March 2022, in April 2022 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles), when adjusted to the number of working days and to seasonality, inched up 0.3% due to increases recorded by the retail of automotive fuel in specialised stores (+3.6%), by the sale of non-food products (+2.2%) and by the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (+1.7%).
In January-April 2022, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles), in unadjusted data, climbed by 5.0% compared to Jan-April 2021 due to increases recorded by the retail of automotive fuel in specialised stores (+10.2%), by the sale of non-food products (+6.6%) and by the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (+0.6%).
In January-April 2022, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles), when adjusted to the number of working days and to seasonality, jumped by 6.9% compared to Jan-April 2021 due to increases recorded by the retail of automotive fuel in specialized stores (+10.1%), by the sale of non-food products (+6.7%) and by the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (+4.6%)