Analysis: Retail Sales Rise in Hungary

  • 6 Aug 2025 9:03 AM
Analysis: Retail Sales Rise in Hungary
Retail sales in Hungary rose 3.0pc year-on-year in June, data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) show.

Retail sales rose at the same rate when adjusted for calendar year effects.

Adjusted food sales climbed 3.7pc, non-food sales rose 3.9pc and vehicle fuel sales increased 2.5pc.

Online and mail-order sales volume, which accounted for 8.3pc of retail turnover, rose 9.2pc. Sales volume at petrol stations increased 2.5pc.

In a month-on-month comparison, retail sales edged up 0.5pc, adjusted for seasonal and calendar year effects.

In absolute terms, retail sales came to HUF 1,702bn in June. Food sales accounted for 49pc of the total, non-food sales for 36pc and sales at petrol stations for 15pc.

For the period January-June, retail sales rose an adjusted 3.1pc and an unadjusted 2.6pc from the same period a year earlier. Food sales increased an adjusted 2.9pc, non-food sales 4.5pc and motor fuel sales 1.0pc.

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