Polish retail sales down 2.3% y/y in October: stats office

Retail sales in Poland fell 2.3 percent in October at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said on Monday.

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As the world struggles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, sales of fuels decreased by 13.4 percent in Poland last month in year-on-year terms, and those of clothing and shoes went down by 9.7 percent, the state-run statistics agency reported.

Meanwhile, sales of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics increased by 11.9 percent, while sales of food, beverages and tobacco products dropped by 2 percent, according to the Central Statistical Office.

In October 2020 in #Poland, retail sales at constant prices were by 2.3% lower YoY and by 2.1% higher MoM.https://t.co/JjVfSVBhUE#StatisticsPoland #statistics #RetailSales #prices #trade pic.twitter.com/YDXAB4vPNv

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) November 23, 2020

In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 2.1 percent lower than in October 2019, the statistics office also said.

It added that, in month-on-month terms, retail sales in October were 2.1 percent higher than in September.

(gs/pk)

Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl, money.pl