Bulgaria's retail sales rise by 0.6% y/y in Oct - table
SOFIA (Bulgaria), December 9 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's retail sales at constant prices, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles, inched up by 0.6% on the year in October, after rising by a revised 2.3% in September, the country's statistical office said on Friday citing preliminary data.
On a seasonally-adjusted monthly comparison basis, retail trade turnover at constant prices edged down by 0.4% in the tenth months of 2022 after a revised rise of 0.1% in September, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a monthly report.
Details follow (pct change):
| Oct y/y | Oct m/m | Sept y/y | Sept m/m* | |
| Retail sales | 0.6 | -0.4 | 2.3* | 0.1 |
| -food, drinks, tobacco | -5.4 | -0.9 | -2.8 | 0.0 |
| -non-food (excl fuel) | 2.9 | -0.3 | 3.7* | 0.2 |
| -fuel | 6.5 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
*revised data
source: NSI.