According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, in August 2024, in comparison with August 2023, the turnover in retail
trade increased in nominal and real rates in the groups/classes: Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco ( 13.1% in nominal and 10.8%
in real terms), Retail sale of non-food products, except fuel (5.6% in nominal and 2.3% in real terms), Retail trade, except automotive
fuel (9.4% in nominal and 6.5% in real terms), while the turnover increased only in real rate in the group Retail trade of automotive fuel
by 3.6%, and the nominal rate decreased by 2.3%.
Starting from 2024, the monthly indexes for trade turnover are calculated with a new base year of 2021=100. All indices that were
previously published with the base 2015=100, are reworked with the new base year and published in the MakStat database.
