Sales of retail shops grew by 10.6%
In April 2021, the volume of retail trade increased by 9.9% in raw data and by 10.6% in calendar-adjusted data, compared with the same period of the previous year, as a result of the gradual lifting of restrictions from mid-month, and the low point in April last year. In April, calendar-adjusted sales volumes rose by 3.3% in specialized and non-specialized food shops and by around a fifth in non-food retail trade and automotive fuel retailing compared with the same period a year earlier. In January–April 2021, the volume of sales – also according to calendar adjusted data – did not change compared to the same period of the previous year.
In April 2021, compared to the same period of the previous year, adjusted for calendar effects:
The volume of domestic retail sales increased by 10.6%.
The volume of sales increased by 3.3% in specialized and non-specialized food retailing. The volume of sales increased by 2.9% in non-specialized food and beverages shops accounting for 75% of food retailing and by 5.1% in specialized food, beverage and tobacco stores.
The lifting of restrictions and the base effect typically affected non-food retail trade, which grew by 21.3% overall. Sales volumes rose sixfold in textiles, clothing and footwear shops, threefold in second-hand goods shops, by 38% in books, computer equipment and other specialized stores, by 18% in pharmaceutical, medical goods and cosmetics shops and by 8.6% in non-specialized shops dealing in manufactured goods. Sales volumes fell in furniture and electrical goods stores (4.2%).
Mail order and internet retailing, which covers a wide range of goods and accounts for 9.7% of retail sales, continued to expand by 6.4% in volume, following record growth in April last year.
Sales volumes in automotive fuel stations increased by 19.2%.
Sales in motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and accessories stores not belonging to retail data increased by 30%.
In April 2021:
Domestic retail sales amounted to HUF 1,064 billion at current prices.
Specialized and non-specialized food shops accounted for 48% of all domestic retail sales, while the relevant figures for non-food retail trade and retail trade of petrol stations were 37% and 15% respectively.
In January–April 2021, compared to the same period of the previous year, adjusted for calendar effects:
The volume of retail trade remained unchanged.
Sales volumes were essentially unchanged in specialized and non-specialized food retail trade, up 1.6% in non-food retail trade and down 0.4% 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 | April | 98.6 | 79.8 | 74.2 | 87.3 | 87.3 |
| May | 101.9 | 98.7 | 85.9 | 97.7 | 96.9 | |
| June | 98.6 | 106.6 | 89.8 | 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 | 90.6 | 99.3 | 99.7 | |
| December | 101.9 | 91.7 | 88.2 | 96.0 | 96.8 | |
| 2020 | January–December | 103.0 | 99.2 | 90.3 | 99.6 | 99.6 |
| 2021 | January | 101.5 | 97.5 | 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 | |
| 2021 | January-April | 99.8 | 101.6 | 99.6 | 100.0 | 99.8 |