The volume of retail sales was up by 2.8 percent year-on-year in December 2016, while the sector posted sales growth was 4.5 percent for the whole year, reported KSH.
The upward retail sales trend has been in place for the 42nd consecutive month.
In December, sales in the non-food sector grew by 3 percent year-on-year. Data shows that the sales increase of the Hungarian retail sector was the tenth highest within the EU, well above the EU average of 2.3 percent.
