Retail sales, except motor vehicles and motorcycles, fell a calendar-adjusted 7.3% year-on-year in December, slower than the 8.9% fall in November.
Sales of food, beverages, and tobacco contracted 7% annually in September, and those of non-food products decreased by 11.2%.
Retail sales of automotive fuel in specialized stores declined 10.2% and sales and sales of non-food products, except fuel, dropped 7.5%. Data also showed that retail sales via mail order or the internet deteriorated by 10.6%. Compared to the previous month, retail sales dropped 0.7% in December.
In 2022, overall retail sales logged a negative growth of 3.6% compared to 2021.
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