Polish retail sales up 13.6% y/y in April: stats office
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
23.05.2019 10:15
Retail sales in Poland rose 13.6 percent in April compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said on Thursday.
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Sales of food, beverages and tobacco products shot by 21.5 percent in year-on-year terms, while sales of furniture, consumer electronics and household appliances climbed 20.3 percent.
Sales of fuels rose 10 percent and those of motor vehicles and automotive parts increased by 9.1 percent.
In real terms, retail sales last month were 11.9 percent higher than in April last year, the Central Statistical Office reported.
In month-on-month terms, retail sales in April were 4.4 percent higher than in March, according to the statistics office.
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP