Compared to May 2022, the volume of sales decreased by 7.3% in specialized and non-specialized food retailing. The volume of sales decreased by 8.2% in non-specialized food and beverages shops accounting for 75% of food retailing and by 4% in specialized food, beverage, and tobacco stores.
The turnover of non-food retailing decreased by a total of 10.9% in volume. Sales volumes rose by 4.6% in pharmaceutical, medical goods, and cosmetics shops, while sales volumes decreased by 5.9% in books, computer equipment, and other specialized stores, and by 16-16% in second-hand goods shops and textiles, clothing, and footwear shops, and by 20-20% in non-specialized shops dealing in manufactured goods and furniture and electrical goods stores.
The volume of mail orders and internet retailing accounting for 8% of all retail sales and involving a wide range of goods fell by 9.3%.
The volume of sales in automotive fuel stations was 25.9% down on the same month last year.
Sales in motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and accessories stores not belonging to retail data decreased by 6.9%.
Domestic retail sales amounted to HUF 1.514 trillion at current prices in May 2023. Specialized and non-specialized food shops accounted for 49% of all retail sales, while the relevant figures for non-food retail trade and retail trade of petrol stations were 35% and 16%, respectively.
The volume of retail trade decreased by 10.8% in January-May 2023, compared to the same period a year before.
The volume of sales fell by 8% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 8.7% in non-food retail trade, and by 21.5% in automotive fuel retail trade.
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