Polish retail sales 4.8% up y/y in January: stats office

Retail sales in Poland went up by 4.8 percent in January at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s statistics office has reported.

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Sales of motor vehicles shot up by 21.9 percent in January in year-on-year terms, and those of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics rose by 13.6 percent, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics went up by 12.8 percent, and those of books and publications dropped 11.3 percent, according to Statistics Poland.

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In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 6.1 percent higher than in January 2023, Statistics Poland said.

In month-on-month terms, retail sales in January were 17.3 percent lower than in December, the statistics office also reported.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl