The Romanians Greatly Reduced Their Purchases. Retail Trade Went Down in 2026, According to the Latest Statistical Data.

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The data published by the National Institute of Statistics shows a 5.7% decrease in retail trade in the first seven months of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025. Sales of non-food products had the largest decrease, while July brought an increase compared to June.

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Retail sales in Romania fell by 5.7% in the first seven months of 2026, on the basis of the reduction of purchases of non-food products (-7.2%), fuel (-4.5%) and food, beverages and tobacco (-4.4%), according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). In July, although there were slight increases compared to the previous month, analysts [...]

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Retail trade fell by 5.7% in the first seven months. See segments that pulled down the retail and show INS data.

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The turnover of retail trade (with the exception of motor vehicle and motorcycle trade) fell in the first seven months of this year compared to the similar period of 2025, both as a gross series of 5.7% and as a series adjusted according to the number of working days and seasonality of 5.8%, shows the data of the National Institute of Statistics published on Friday.

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Data published by the National Institute of Statistics shows a 5.7% decrease in retail trade in the first seven months of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. Sales of non-food products had the largest decrease, while July brought an increase compared to June. The turnover volume in […] The article Retail trade, in alarming decline in 2026! first appeared in Cronica Romana.

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In the first seven months of this year, retail turnover in Romania decreased by 5.7 percent according to raw data and by 5.8 percent according to seasonally and calendar-adjusted data compared to the same period in 2025, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) announced on Friday.