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Slovenia’s retail sales increased by an annual 17.1% in September, speeding up from a 12.3% y/y growth in the previous month, the statistics office said on October 28.
Retail sales also grew compared to pre-pandemic September 2019, by 6.6%. The annual growth was primarily a consequence of the increase in retail trade with automotive fuel (by 41.5%), but growth was also significant in retail trade of food products (by 9%) and of non-food products (by 6.6%).
The biggest annual growth in retail sales this year was recorded in March and April.
Month on month, retail sales rose by 1.9% in September, speeding up from a 0.6% m/m increase in August.
On a monthly level, retail sales increased in trade with automotive fuel (by 8.4%) and with food products, beverages and tobacco (by 1.5%). In retail trade with non-food products it edged down 0.1%.
In the first nine months of 2021, retail sales increased by 11.5% over the same period in 2020 and was up 1.7% compared to the same period in 2019.
The volume turnover from the trade and repair of motor vehicles in September grew by 1.5% compared with the previous month. However, it declined 2.6% year on year and dropped 7.1% compared with September 2019.
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