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During pandemic, Bulgarians shop the least in EU

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For the third month in a row, Bulgaria ranks first in the EU in terms of annual decline in retail trade, according to Eurostat. Retail trade in Bulgaria declined by 17.5% on an annual basis in July, while for the EU as a whole, the indicator fell by 0.7%.

The rate of decline in retail sales in Bulgaria slowed down after May, when the strongest decline was reached - 20.4% on an annual basis. On an annual basis, the indicator increased the most in Ireland by 9.1%, in Lithuania by 6.8% and in the Netherlands by 6%. With the biggest declines, Bulgaria was followed by Malta with minus 8.1% and Luxembourg with 6.1% decline in consumer spending on shopping.




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