Hungary Retail Sales Growth Slowest In 11 Months

Hungary’s retail sales grew at softest pace in eleven months in March, figures from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office showed on Wednesday.

Retail sales rose by a calendar-adjusted 3.5 percent year-on-year in March, after a 11.2 percent increase in February.

The latest growth in sales was the lowest since May last year, when sales rose 2.6 percent.

Sales of non-food products grew 12.7 percent annually in March and sales of food, drinks and tobacco rose 0.5 percent.

Meanwhile, sales of automotive fuel decreased by 16.7 percent.

On a non-adjusted basis, retail sales rose 7.5 percent annually in March, following a 4.4 percent increase in the previous month.

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