According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in March 2018 was in real terms 1.3% and in nominal terms 2.6% larger than in March 2017. The number of days open for sale was 26 in March2018 and 27 in March 2017.

Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first three months of 2018 in real terms 1.6% and in nominal terms 2.9% larger than in the corresponding period of the previous year.