Retail sales rose 6.7% in February and by 6.6% adjusted for calendar effects as compared to the same month a year earlier, Hungary’s Central Statistical Office (KSH) annunced.
The figures are slightly higher than the preliminary report. Sales rose by 4.9% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 8% in non-food retail shops and by 9.1% in automotive fuel retailing.
Total sales volume, including mail order and online sales reached HUF 648 billion. Food, drinks and tobacco stores accounted for 50% of all retail sales while the relevant figures for non-food retail shops and the network of petrol stations were 35% and 15% respectively in February, the office added.
Retail sales volume were 4.4% higher in the first two years.
