The volume of sales, adjusted for calendar effects, rose by 2.6% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 9.8% in non-food retail shops and by 4.3% in automotive fuel retailing, KSH reported.

In the January-May period, the volume of sales – also according to calendar adjusted data – grew by 3.5%, as compared to the same five months a year earlier, according to KSH data.