Polish retail sales 1.6% up y/y in November: stats office

Retail sales in Poland went up by 1.6 percent in November at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s statistics office reported on Wednesday.

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Sales of clothing and shoes increased 18.9 percent last month in year-on-year terms, and those of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics rose by 6.1 percent, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics went down by 7.6 percent, and those of motor vehicles decreased 6.4 percent, according to Statistics Poland.

In November 2022 retail sales at constant prices were by 1.6% higher than the year before. Compared with October 2022 a decrease by 0.3% in retail sales was recorded.https://t.co/anRp0N0o6C#StatisticsPoland #statistics #RetailSales #priceindex #prices #trade pic.twitter.com/6XPoWrkPHb

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In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 18.4 percent higher than in November 2021, Statistics Poland said.

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In month-on-month terms, retail sales in November were 0.3 percent lower than in October, the statistics office also reported.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl