In March 2023, the volume of turnover in the retail trade (excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased compared to February 2023, both in raw series by 17.9% and in series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality by 2.9%.

Compared to March 2022, the volume of turnover in the retail trade (excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased in March 2023, both in raw series by 7.3% and in series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality by 6.7%.

During the period January 1 to March 31, 2023, the volume of turnover in the retail trade (excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased compared to the period January 1 to March 31, 2022, both in raw series by 5.2% and in series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality by 5.1%.

March 2023 compared to February 2023:

The volume of turnover in the retail trade (excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles), in raw series, increased by 17.9% in March 2023 compared to the previous month, mainly due to increases in sales of non-food products (+19.8%), retail trade of automotive fuel in specialized stores (+16.8%), and sales of food, beverages, and tobacco products (+16.5%).

The volume of turnover in the retail trade (excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles), in series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, increased by 2.9% in March 2023 compared to the previous month, mainly due to increases in sales of non-food products (+3.1%), sales of food, beverages, and tobacco products (+2.0%), and retail trade of automotive fuel in specialized stores (+0.6%).

March 2023 compared to March 2022:

The volume of turnover in the retail trade (excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles), in raw series, increased by 7.3% in March 2023 compared to March 2022, mainly due to increases in sales of food, beverages, and tobacco products (+9.5%), non-food products (+6.3%), and retail trade of automotive fuel in specialized stores (+5.3%).

The volume of turnover in the retail trade (excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles), in series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, increased by 6.7% in March 2023 compared to March 2022, mainly due to increases in sales of food, beverages, and tobacco products (+6.2%), retail trade of automotive fuel in specialized stores (+5.5%), and sales of non-food products (+5.1%).

Period January 1 to March 31, 2023, compared to period January 1 to March 31, 2022:

The volume of turnover in the retail trade (excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles), in raw series, increased by 5.2% during the period January 1 to March 31, 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, mainly due to increases in sales of food, beverages, and tobacco products (+7.3%) and sales of non-food products (+5.9%).