Polish retail sales 19% up y/y in April: stats office

Retail sales in Poland went up by 19 percent in April at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Monday.

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Sales of clothing and shoes shot up by 121.4 percent in Poland last month in year-on-year terms, and those of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics rose by 27.9 percent, the state-run statistics agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics increased 18.9 percent, and those of motor vehicles went down by 11.2 percent, according to the Central Statistical Office.

In April 2022 in #Poland, retail sales at constant prices were by 19.0% higher (YoY) and decreased by 0.1% as compared to March 2022. https://t.co/tLgXOhtf2z #StatisticsPoland #statistics #Retailsalesindex #sales pic.twitter.com/IB67kkfKHz

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In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 33.4 percent higher than in April 2021, the Central Statistical Office said.

In month-on-month terms, retail sales in April were 0.1 percent lower than in March, the statistics office also reported.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl