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The volume of sales, adjusted for calendar effects, rose by 3.9% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 10.3% in non-food retail shops and by 3.5% in automotive fuel retailing, KSH said. 

In January-April 2016, the volume of sales – also according to calendar adjusted data – was 4.9% higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year, KSH added.