Romania retail sales rose 4.9% in January-June 2015 compared with the year-earlier period in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors, the statistics institute INS said.
In June alone, retail sales were up 1.7% against the previous month, and 7.1% higher compared with the same period of 2014 in adjusted data.
Sales of food, beverages and tobacco products rose 12.7% on the month in June, while non-food product sales went up 0.4%. On the other hand, fuel sales declined 4.6% against May.
Compared with June 2014, food sales rose 21.5%, the statistics data showed. Fuel sales increased 1.4% % year-on-year in June, while sales of non-food items were up 0.9%.
In unadjusted data, retail sales were up 4.2% in June from a month earlier, and they were 7.9% higher compared with the same period of 2014.