October 9 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's retail sales grew by 5.1% year-on-year in August, after adding 4.9% in July, the country's statistical office, NSI, said on Tuesday, citing preliminary data.
On a seasonally-adjusted monthly comparison basis, retail trade turnover increased by 0.5% in August, after gaining 0.2% in the previous month, NSI said in a statement.
Details follow (pct change):
|
Aug y/y |
Aug m/m |
July y/y |
July m/m |
Retail sales |
5.1 |
0.5 |
4.9 |
0.2 |
- food |
9.0 |
0.4 |
9.6 |
0.0 |
- non-food |
3.4 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
0.0 |
- fuel |
-1.0 |
0.8 |
-0.7 |
0.1 |
source: NSI