Fuel sales were only 1.3% higher, it said. Hungary's government abolished a car fuels price cap in early December. The price cap had been in place for households since late 2021. "Due to the end to the fuels price cap in early December, the volume increase at filling stations plunged," the statistics office said. In November fuel sales jumped by over 27% in annual terms, and this slowed sharply in December. In the whole of 2022, retail sales increased by 5.3%. Dec 2022 Nov 2022 Dec 2021 Jan-Dec 2022 -3.9 0.6 6.9 5.3 (Reporting by Krisztina Than)
BUDAPEST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hungary's calendar-adjusted
retail sales dropped by 3.9% in December after an
annual 0.6% rise in November, the Central Statistics Office
(KSH) said on Monday.
Food sales dropped by 8.3% year-on-year in December, while
non-food sales were down by 0.4%.
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