Polish retail sales 8.8% up y/y in February: stats office

Retail sales in Poland went up by 8.8 percent in February at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Monday.

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Sales of fuels shot up by 22.1 percent in Poland last month in year-on-year terms, and those of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics rose 18.2 percent, the state-run statistics agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of motor vehicles decreased by 20 percent, and those of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics went down by 4.4 percent, according to the Central Statistical Office.

Retail sales of goods at constant prices in February 2022 were by 8.1% higher (YoY) and by 1.8% higher as compared to January 2022.
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In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 16.5 percent higher than in February 2021, the Central Statistical Office said.

In month-on-month terms, retail sales in February were 1.8 percent higher than in January, the statistics office also reported.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl