Romania’s volume of retail trade up 1.9 pct in April

Romania reported the second largest increase of its volume of retail trade after Hungary this April, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Overall, this April the volume of retail trade fell by 0.5 percent in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.7 percent in the EU27 m-o-m, according to the same source.

Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in thirteen and rose in eight. The largest decreases were registered in Finland (-3.6 percent), Latvia and the United Kingdom (both -2.0 percent), and the highest increases in Hungary (+5.2 percent), Romania (+1.9 percent) and Malta (+1.6 percent).

In April 2013, compared with March 2013, retail with food, drinks and tobacco fell by 2.0 percent in the euro area and by 2.3 percent in the EU27. The non-food sector increased by 0.6 percent and 0.3 percent respectively.

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Annual comparison

In April 2013, compared with April 2012, the retail sales index dropped by 1.1 percent in the euro area and by 0.6 percent in the EU27.

Retail with food, drinks and tobacco fell by 1.9 percent in the euro area and by 2.2 percent in the EU27. The non-food sector dropped by 0.3 percent in the euro area and rose by 0.6 percent in the EU27. Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade fell in nine and rose in twelve. The largest decreases were observed in Spain (-6.5 percent), Slovenia (-4.9 percent) and Malta (-4.3 percent), and the highest increases in Latvia (+6.2 percent), Lithuania and Hungary (both +3.3 percent).

Simona Bazavan