Retail sales in the European Union (EU) increased by 0.1 percent in June this year compared with the sixth month of the previous year, while in the euro area they fell by 0.3 percent, the EU's statistical office, Eurostat, said on Tuesday.
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Retail sales in the European Union (EU) increased by 0.1 percent in June this year compared with the sixth month of the previous year, while in the euro area they fell by 0.3 percent, the EU's statistical office, Eurostat, said on Tuesday.
Among the member states providing the data, the largest annual increases were recorded in Romania (10.2 percent), Luxembourg (7.9 percent) and Croatia (5.4 percent), while the largest decreases were recorded in Belgium (minus 7.3 percent), Estonia (minus 4.1 percent) and Austria (minus 3.9 percent).
In the European Union, sales of food, beverages and tobacco fell by 0.5 percent, while sales of non-food products increased by 0.7 percent and sales of fuels by 0.5 percent.
Retail sales fell by 0.3 percent in the euro area and 0.1 percent in the European Union in June compared with May, when an expansion of 0.1 percent was recorded in both the EU and the euro area.
Among the Member States reporting data, the largest monthly increases were recorded in Romania (1.8 percent), Bulgaria (1.4 percent) and Denmark (1 percent), and the largest decreases in Croatia (minus 2.7 percent), Austria (minus 2.3 percent), Latvia and Lithuania (both minus 1.7 percent).
In the EU, sales of food, beverages and tobacco fell by 1 percent, non-food products were flat, while sales of fuels rose by 0.6 percent in June compared with May.
According to data from the Romanian National Institute of Statistics (INS), retail sales in Romania in June this year increased by 0.9 percent in raw data compared to the previous month, after sales of fuels increased by 5.7 percent and sales of non-food products by 0.3 percent. In contrast, sales of food, beverages and tobacco fell by 0.8%.
Adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, retail sales rose by 1.9 percent, driven by a 4.4 percent increase in fuel sales, a 1.9 percent rise in non-food sales and a 0.1 percent increase in food, beverages and tobacco sales.
Compared with June last year, raw data showed retail sales rose 9.4 percent in June this year, after non-food sales increased 11.9 percent, fuels 9.7 percent and food, beverages and tobacco 6.2 percent.
Adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, year-on-year retail sales rose by 10 percent as non-food sales increased by 13.3 percent, fuels by 10.2 percent and food, beverages and tobacco by 5.7 percent.
The above figures exclude sales of passenger cars and motorcycles.