(ANSA) – ROME, NOVEMBER 05 – In September 2021, Istat estimates a cyclical growth for retail sales (+ 0.8% in value and + 0.6% in volume). Sales of food goods (+ 0.6% in value and + 0.3% in volume) and sales of non-food goods (+ 1.1% in value and + 0.8% in volume) are on the rise. On a trend basis, in September 2021, retail sales increased by 5.3% in value and 3.9% in volume. Sales of non-food goods (+ 7.3% in value and + 5.7% in volume) and those of food goods (+ 2.5% in value and + 1.4% in volume) are growing. In September “The level of the seasonally adjusted index in volume, thanks to the positive dynamics of recent months, reaches, for the first time since the beginning of the health emergency, the level of February 2020”. Istat comments. The third quarter of the year also ends with growth on a cyclical basis, which follows the positive trend of the first two quarters. “In the third quarter of 2021, in cyclical terms, retail sales increased by 1.2% in value and 0.7% by volume.
Sales of non-food goods grow both in value (+ 1.7%) and in volume (+ 1.3%), while for food goods there is an increase in value (+ 0.5%) and a slight decrease by volume (-0.2%). (HANDLE).
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