Retail sales and catering turnover increased in Bashkiria

UFA, 22 October 2019. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

Retail sales increased by 6% in Bashkiria for the year, catering - by 2.6%, follows from the data of the territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Republic of Bashkortostan (Bashkortostan Statistics Agency).

In January-September 2019, retail sales in Bashkiria amounted to 635.25 billion rubles. It is 6% higher than for the nine months of 2018 at actual prices.

Grocery retail sales turnover amounted to 314.67 billion rubles, including drinks and tobacco products, which is 6.4% higher than for the same period in 2018, and non-food products turnover – to 320.57 billion rubles (an increase of 5.5%). Catering enterprises increased revenues by 2.6% in actual prices, up to 20.34 billion rubles.

In September, the retail turnover increased by 1.5%, compared to August. The catering industry turnover decreased by 2.2%.