According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, in March 2024, in comparison with March 2023, the turnover in retail trade increased in the following groups/classes: Retail sale of non-food products (except fuel) by 9.9% in nominal terms and 5.9% in real terms, Retail trade, except automotive fuel by 4.7% in nominal terms and 0.6% in real terms, while in the group Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco the nominal rate increased by 0.1% and the real rate decreased by 4.1%.
A decrease in both rates was registered only in the group Retail trade of automotive fuel, by 5.2% in nominal terms and 5.1% in real terms.
Starting from 2024, the monthly indices for trade turnover are calculated with a new base year 2021=100. All indices that were previously published with the base year 2015=100 have been recalculated with the new base year and published in the MakStat database.