Retail sales increased by 0.5% month-on-month and decreased by 1.8% year-on-year
In January 2021, the volume of retail sales decreased by 2.6% according to raw data and by 1.8% when adjusted for calendar effects compared to the same period of the previous year. The seasonally and calendar-adjusted volume of retail sales increased by 0.5% compared to the previous month. In January 2021, the volume of sales, adjusted for calendar effects, increased by 1.5% in specialized and non-specialized food shops and decreased by 2.2% in non-food retail trade and by 8.5% in automotive fuel retailing.
In January 2021, compared to the same period of the previous year, adjusted for calendar effects:
The volume of domestic retail sales decreased by 1.8%.
The volume of sales increased by 1.5% in specialized and non-specialized food retailing. The volume of sales increased by 3.4% in non-specialized food and beverages shops accounting for 76% of food retailing and decreased by 3.3% in specialized food, beverage and tobacco stores.
The turnover of non-food retailing decreased by a total of 2.2%. Sales rose in non-specialized shops dealing in manufactured goods (9.2%). The volume of sales fell in pharmaceutical, medical goods and cosmetics shops (8.2%), furniture and electrical goods stores (13%), books, computer equipment and other specialized stores (14%), textiles, clothing and footwear shops (21%) as well as in second hand goods shops (24%).
The volume of mail order and internet retailing accounting for 9.4% of all retail sales and involving a wide range of goods rose by 36%, continuing a multi-year expansion.
From 2021, the volume of ‘market and other non-store retail sales’ in ‘non-food retailing’, which accounted for only 0.6% of all retail sales, fell by 14%, according to raw data.1
The volume of sales in automotive fuel stations decreased by 8.5%.
Sales in motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and accessories stores not belonging to retail data decreased by 26%.
In January 2021:
Domestic retail sales amounted to HUF 948 billion at current prices.
Specialized and non-specialized food shops accounted for 48% of all retail sales, while the relevant figures for non-food retail trade of petrol stations were 37% and 15% respectively.
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 | January | 104.8 | 112.9 | 101.5 | 107.3 | 107.3 |
| February | 110.7 | 112.0 | 101.9 | 111.3 | 111.0 | |
| March | 112.7 | 100.7 | 84.1 | 103.6 | 104.5 | |
| April | 99.6 | 85.0 | 73.7 | 89.7 | 89.7 | |
| May | 101.8 | 99.5 | 85.6 | 97.8 | 97.0 | |
| June | 98.5 | 105.6 | 89.2 | 99.9 | 100.8 | |
| July | 103.3 | 100.4 | 93.0 | 100.4 | 100.4 | |
| August | 99.8 | 100.5 | 95.4 | 99.2 | 98.8 | |
| September | 102.0 | 96.7 | 90.2 | 98.1 | 98.5 | |
| October | 101.2 | 98.5 | 89.5 | 98.0 | 97.6 | |
| November | 101.8 | 99.4 | 90.6 | 99.3 | 99.7 | |
| December | 101.9 | 91.4 | 88.2 | 96.0 | 96.8 | |
| 2020 | January–December | 103.0 | 99.6 | 90.1 | 99.7 | 99.8 |
| 2021 | January | 101.5 | 97.8 | 91.5 | 98.2 | 97.4 |