Retail trade remained stable in the EU and recorded a 0.2% decrease in the euro area.
Sales of food, beverages and tobacco dropped by 0.8%, whereas fuel sales went down by 0.4%.
Latvia (1.2%), Malta and Slovenia (1.1%), Lithuania (1%) posted the biggest increases. Second most significant drop after Romania was Portugal’s (-1.2%), followed by Spain’s (-0.7%).
Compared to February 2014, retail trade went up by 3% in the euro area and by 3.6% in the EU. (source: Romania-insider.com)
Alexandra Filip
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