The increase in July 2018, at constant prices, led to a retail trade enterprises turnover of €624.1 million, it is reported. If seasonally and working-day adjusted data is taken into account however, the increase stood at 1%.

The breakdown is as follows:

_{Statistics based on the VAT declaration data of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board (EMTA). Statistics Estonia publishes the monthly summary within four working days of receiving the data.}

The turnover of stores selling second-hand goods and as non-store retail sale (ie. stalls, markets, direct sale) remained at the same level y-o-y, as did turnover of grocery stores.

The turnover of other specialised stores, such as stores selling predominantly computers and their accessories, books, sports equipment, games, toys, etc. decreased y-o-y.

Change over other timescales

The month-on-month change was similar, a rise of 3%, though retail sales turnover for the first seven months of 2018 ie. January-July, remained the same compared with the previous period in 2017.

Compared to the previous month, in July, the turnover of retail trade enterprises increased 3%. According to the seasonally and working-day adjusted data, the increase was 1%. In the seven months of 2018 (January–July), the turnover of retail trade enterprises stayed at the same level compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

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