Sales of retail shops grew by 5.8%
In May 2021, the volume of sales in retail trade, according to both raw and calendar-adjusted data, grew by 5.8% compared to the same period last year. In May, calendar-adjusted sales volumes rose by 2.6% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 8.7% in non-food retail trade and by 9.7 in automotive fuel retailing compared with the same period a year earlier. In January–May 2021, the volume of sales – also according to calendar adjusted data – was 1.2% higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year. Compared to May 2019 the volume of retail trade grew by 3.4% according to calendar adjusted data.
In May 2021, compared to the same period of the previous year, adjusted for calendar effects:
The volume of domestic retail sales increased by 5.8%.
The volume of sales increased by 2.6% in specialized and non-specialized food retailing. The volume of sales increased by 2.4% in non-specialized food and beverages shops accounting for 74% of food retailing and by 3.1% in specialized food, beverage and tobacco stores.
The base effect – the gradual phasing out of shop closures in May last year - affected typically the non-food retail trade, which grew by 8.7% overall. Sales volumes rose by 60% in textiles, clothing and footwear shops, by 48% in second-hand goods shops, by 17% in pharmaceutical, medical goods and cosmetics shops, by 13% in books, computer equipment and other specialized stores, and by 3.3% in non-specialized shops dealing in manufactured goods. Sales volumes fell in furniture and electrical goods stores (21%).
Mail order and internet retailing, which covers a wide range of goods and accounts for 9.2% of retail sales, continued to expand in volume, by 13%.
Sales volumes in automotive fuel stations increased by 9.7%.
Sales in motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and accessories stores not belonging to retail data increased by 18%.
In May 2021:
Domestic retail sales amounted to HUF 1,146 billion at current prices.
Specialized and non-specialized food shops accounted for 47% of all domestic retail sales, while the relevant figures for non-food retail trade and retail trade of petrol stations were 38% and 15% respectively.
In January–May 2021, compared to the same period of the previous year, adjusted for calendar effects:
The volume of retail trade increased by 1.2%.
The volume of sales rose by 0.3% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 3.1% in non-food retail trade and by 1.6% in automotive fuel retail trade.
Volume indices on sales in retail shops
(Same period of the previous year=100.0)
(%)
| Period | Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco | Retail sales of non-food products | Retail sales of automotive fuel | Retail sales, total | Retail sales, total, unadjusted (raw) data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| adjusted for calendar effects | ||||||
| 2020 | May | 101.9 | 98.7 | 85.8 | 97.7 | 96.9 |
| June | 98.6 | 106.6 | 89.9 | 100.4 | 101.2 | |
| July | 103.3 | 100.4 | 93.0 | 100.4 | 100.4 | |
| August | 99.8 | 100.4 | 95.4 | 99.2 | 98.8 | |
| September | 102.0 | 96.9 | 90.3 | 98.1 | 98.5 | |
| October | 101.2 | 98.3 | 89.5 | 98.0 | 97.6 | |
| November | 101.8 | 99.6 | 90.7 | 99.3 | 99.7 | |
| December | 101.9 | 91.7 | 88.3 | 96.0 | 96.8 | |
| 2020 | January–December | 103.0 | 99.2 | 90.3 | 99.6 | 99.6 |
| 2021 | January | 101.5 | 97.6 | 91.4 | 98.2 | 97.4 |
| February | 96.5 | 96.4 | 89.6 | 94.1 | 94.4 | |
| March | 98.0 | 94.1 | 102.1 | 97.9 | 98.5 | |
| April | 103.3 | 121.3 | 119.2 | 110.6 | 109.9 | |
| May | 102.6 | 108.7 | 109.7 | 105.8 | 105.8 | |
| 2021 | January-May | 100.3 | 103.1 | 101.6 | 101.2 | 101.0 |