Polish retail sales 7.3% down y/y in April: stats office

Retail sales in Poland went down by 7.3 percent in April at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s statistics office reported on Tuesday.

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Sales of newspapers and books decreased by 15.6 percent last month in year-on-year terms, and those of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics fell by 14.7 percent, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of food, beverages and tobacco products went down by 8 percent, and those of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics decreased 2.5 percent, according to Statistics Poland.

Retail sales at constant prices in April 2023 were 7.3% lower than a year ago. Compared with March 2023 an increase by 0.1% in retail sales was recorded.https://t.co/oJFCQ2cxmq#StatisticsPoland #statistics #RetailSales #PriceDynamics #prices #trade pic.twitter.com/ScJ8WP9aNF

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In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 3.4 percent higher than in April 2022, Statistics Poland said.

In month-on-month terms, retail sales in April were 0.1 percent higher than in March, the statistics office also reported.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl