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2026-01-09 16:08:02
[Hungary's November Retail Sales Growth Slows] ⑴ Hungary's retail sales in November 2025 increased by 2.5% year-on-year, a slowdown from the six-month high of 3.1% reached in the previous month. ⑵ Sales of non-food products slowed to 4.6%, compared to a six-month high of 5.2% in the previous month, with a particularly noticeable slowdown in sales of miscellaneous industrial goods. ⑶ Sales of textiles, clothing and footwear, books, computers and other industrial goods, computer technology and other industrial goods, and pharmaceuticals and medical products remained weak. ⑷ In contrast, retail activity in food and food-related products strengthened, increasing by 2.6% year-on-year; retail activity in motor fuels also strengthened, increasing by 0.7% year-on-year. ⑸ Seasonally adjusted monthly data showed that retail activity increased by 0.1% month-on-month in November, a slowdown from the 0.5% increase in the previous month. ⑹ In the first 11 months of this year, retail trade increased by 2.8% compared to the same period last year.
