Eurostat: Romania ranks first in EU retail trade growth in August
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Romanian retail trade volume increased by 5.2 percent in August 2010 compared to the previous month, this being the strongest retail trade growth rate registered by a European Union (EU) country, according to the data presented on Tuesday by the European Statistics Office Eurostat.Both in the EU and in the euro area, retail trade dropped in this August from July by 0.3 percent and 0.4 percent respectively. Only six EU countries registered retail trade growth, while 13 others were ...