In September 2019, Croatia's retail trade turnover was up 3.5 percent year-on-year, after rising annually by 1.2 percent in August, 3.7 percent in July and 5.9 percent in June, the state statistics bureau said on Wednesday.

In the first nine months of 2019, the working-day adjusted retail trade turnover in real terms increased by 3.7% compared to the same period of the previous year.

Real annual retail trade growth in September 2019 was the fourth in a row after May, when it fell 1.9%, for the first time in 56 months.

The retail trade turnover of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 2.3% and of non-food products (except of automotive fuels and lubricants) by 7.7%.

In September 2019, eight of ten trade branches, which generated 75.8% of the total turnover, realised a rise in turnover. Accordingly, the total gross retail trade turnover increased by 4.1% in nominal terms, as compared to the same month of the previous year.

The largest impact on the rise in the nominal turnover in September 2019, as compared to the same month of the previous year, according to gross, unadjusted indices, was realised by non-specialised stores with food, beverages and tobacco, with 3.1% of turnover growth and 1.1% of the impact on the total turnover index, and other non-specialised stores, with 16.5% of turnover growth and 1% of the impact on the total turnover index.