Retail sales of automotive fuel rose the most by 11.8% annually in August, followed by sales of non-food products by 6.8% and food, beverages and tobacco by 6.3%.
On month-on-month, retail sales edged down by a real 0.9% in August, following a 1.8% increase in the previous month. At current prices, August's retail sales increased by 14.3% on the year and grew by 0.1% on the month.
In a separate statement, the statistics agency said that Serbia's industrial production edged up by 0.1% year-on-year in August, after growing by 1.7% in July.
On a seasonally-adjusted monthly comparison basis, the industrial output went up 6.9% in August after rising 1.0% a month earlier.
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