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RETAIL SALES DOWN 7.7% IN JULY

 

Retail sales in Hungary fell by an annual 7.7% in July, dropping for the seventh month in a row, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday. Adjusted for calendar year effects, retail sales declined by 7.6%. Adjusted food sales fell by 4.1%, non-food sales by 5.5% and vehicle fuel sales by 20.5%. Month on month, retail sales fell by an adjusted 0.2%. For the period January-July, retail sales dropped by an annual 9.9%, according to both unadjusted and adjusted figures.