Retail sales up almost 15%, IT&C among top rates with 20% and steadying Romanian retail sales keep strong momentum, accelerating to a whopping 14.9% rate year on year (YoY) in January 2016, after a 1.9% monthly expansion, coming from 14.2% YoY in December 2015 (upwardly revised from 13.0%), as fuel sales surged, says an ING report.2016-03-03 13:06:26 - by Bogdan Tudorache | |
 "There have been some significant backward data revisions, with 2015 retail sales now looking better for the whole year, particularly in the second semester. Meanwhile, 2016's start was solid for retail after fuel sales jumped by a whopping 7% monthly in January 2016, as prices went down both due to the cheaper crude and the 4 points headline VAT cut. This helped take the headline rate to its best level since September 2008," says ING.
Meanwhile, sales of food items are up 26.1% YoY, with probably around half of this expansion reflecting a lower tax evasion after the VAT for these goods was cut in Jun-15.
"The retail activity for non-food goods is, in our opinion, a better gauge for the overall consumer morale. In January 2016, although flat on the month, retail sales for non-food items were up by 10.6% YoY from a year ago, more than four times larger than the average expansion in 2015 (of +2.5%)," say ING experts.
This print seems largely driven by sales of clothing, footwear and IT&C, which expanded well in excess of 20% YoY, while sales of household appliances are not doing as well, but are still growing nicely.
The appetence for spending seems high also if you look at tourism services (up by 16% YoY in Jan-16), auto sales (+13.8% YoY) and RON consumer loans (+10.9% YoY), ING analysts conclude.
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