Hungary Retail Sales Hit 4-Month High

2026-09-04 06:43 By Czyrill Jean Coloma 1 min. read

Retail sales in Hungary rose 4.9% year-on-year in July 2026, picking up from a seven-month low of 3% in the previous month.

It marked the strongest annual growth since March, driven by faster increases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (2.2% vs 1.8% in June) and non-food products (6.5% vs 5.1%).

Within non-food items, sales accelerated for pharmaceutical, medical product and perfume (9.2%), book, computer and other industrial goods (5.9%), textile, clothing and footwear (5.4%), furniture and technical goods (5.2%), and industrial goods-type mixed (5.1%).

However, sales declined for second-hand goods (-4.1%).

Overall retail activity was also supported by a sharp rebound in fuel sales (8.1% vs -0.3%).

On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail activity rose 1%, recovering from a 0.4% decline in June.

Considering the first seven months of the year, retail sales rose 4.5% compared with the same period a year earlier.



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