According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, in October 2024, in comparison with October 2023, the turnover in retail
trade increased in nominal and real rates in the groups/classes: Retail sale of non-food products, except fuel (by 9.2% in nominal and
5.8% in real terms) and Retail trade, except automotive fuel (by 5.5% in nominal and 1.5% in real terms), while the turnover increased
only in real rate in the group Retail trade of automotive fuel by 2.5% the nominal rate decreased by 8.1%. In the group Retail trade in
food, beverages and tobacco, the turnover increased only in nominal rate by 1.9%, while the real rate decreased by 2.5%.
Starting from 2024, the monthly indices 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.