Bulgaria Retail Sales YoY  2001-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Retail trade in Bulgaria rose 2.1 percent year-on-year in April of 2017, easing from an upwardly revised 6 percent increase in the previous month. It is the lowest gain since February last year. The slowdown in sales was widespread: for computers, peripheral units and software, telecommunications equipment (9.1 percent vs 20.5 percent in March), medical and orthopaedic goods, cosmetic and toilet articles (10.8 percent vs 12.1 percent), other cultural and recreation goods (9.7 percent vs 14.9 percent), textiles, clothing and leather products (10.1 percent vs 17.9 percent); food, beverages and tobacco (3.4 percent vs 7.3 percent), audio and video equipment, hardware and similar (8.1 percent vs 9.6 percent). In addition, sales dropped further for automotive fuel (-15.4 percent vs -12.5 percent) and those via mail order houses or via Internet slumped (-0.7 percent vs 10.4 percent). On a monthly basis, retail trade went down 0.5 percent from a downwardly revised 0.4 percent fall in March. Retail Sales YoY in Bulgaria averaged 7.19 percent from 2001 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 24.60 percent in March of 2007 and a record low of -12.50 percent in January of 2010.