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Albania's retail sales rise in Q4 2014

Xinhua, March 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

The value of turnover index volume in Albania increased by 4.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared with the same quarter of the previous year, Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) said on Thursday.

According to INSTAT, in the group of retail trade excluding the retail sales of motor fuel, this index increased by 7.1 percent year-on-year.

In the same quarter, for the group of "food, beverages and tobacco in both specialized and nonspecialized stores," the turnover index volume increased by 11.3 percent year-on-year, contributing significantly to the turnover index volume of the retail trade activity.

As for the group of "non-alimentary products in specialized and nonspecialized stores" excluding the retail sales of motor fuel in specialized stores, the value of turnover index volume in the fourth quarter 2014 increased by 9.2 percent year-on-year.

For the group "motor fuel retail sales in specialized stores," the value of turnover index volume decreased by 0.8 percent year-on-year, and 11.0 percent compared with the previous quarter. Endi