Polish retail sales 1.9% up y/y in December: stats office

Retail sales in Poland went up by 1.9 percent in December at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s statistics office has reported.

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Sales of motor vehicles shot up by 25.1 percent in December in year-on-year terms, and those of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics rose by 1.7 percent, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics went down by 4 percent, and those of clothing and shoes dropped 12.2 percent, according to Statistics Poland.

In December 2024 retail sales at constant prices were by 1.9% higher than the year before.
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In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 2.7 percent higher than in December 2023, Statistics Poland said.

In month-on-month terms, retail sales in December were 9.9 percent higher than in November, the statistics office also reported.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl