CIS statistical committee posts retail foodstuff sales data
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May 6, 2005 Friday 5:54 am, EST
Average retail sales in real terms, all market outlets taken into
consideration, grew by 11 percent in the CIS in the first quarter
of 2005, compared with the first quarter of 2004, the Interstate
Statistical Committee of the CIS has reported. In Russia, foodstuff
sales growth, exclusive of catering turnover, stood at 9.6 percent.
Tajikistan witnessed the highest increase in retail sales among CIS
members (up by 19.8 percent), while Armenia showed the lowest growth
rate of 3.5 percent. In Moldova, retail foodstuff sales dropped by
7 percent.
In Belarus, retail sales moved up by 19.7 percent, and by 17.3
percent in Ukraine; in Azerbaijan they increased by 12 percent,
whilst in Georgia only a 4 percent rise was shown. In Kazakhstan,
retail foodstuff sales advanced by 10.6 percent. No statistics for
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan were reported.
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