Hungary's retail sales rose by an annual 5.5 percent in June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) has announced. Retail sales increased by 6 percent when adjusted for calendar year effects.
The volume of sales, adjusted for calendar effects, rose by 4.1 percent in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 8.5 percent in non-food retail shops and by 5.1 percent in automotive fuel retailing.
In January–June 2017, the volume of sales – also according to calendar adjusted data – was 3.9 percent higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
In the first five months of the year compared with the same period a year before, retail sales were up by 3.7 percent according to unadjusted figures and rose by 3.5 percent according to adjusted data.