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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-06-30
CONTENTS
[01] Plunge in car registrations
[02] Retail sales turnover down
[01] Plunge in car registrations
ANA-MPA/New car registrations plunged 54.1 pct in May, compared with
the same month last year, with the car market suffering more than any
other commercial sector of the Greek economy, the Association of Car
Importers and Dealers said on Wednesday.
The association said that a "free fall" in the car market this year
would resuld to lower tax revenues for the state and urged the
government to cooperate with the car sector which covers around 5.0 pct
of regular budget revenues or even 10 pct if fuel tax was included.
[02] Retail sales turnover down
Ana-MPa/The turnover index in the retail sector fell 0.4 pct in April
compared with the same month last year, after a decline of 14.2 pct
recorded in April 2009, the Hellenic Statistical Authority said on
Wednesday.
Th statistics service also announced that the volume index in the
retail sector dropped 5.8 pct in April, compared with the same month
last year, after a decline of 15 pct recorded in April 2009. The
statistics service attributed this decline to a 14.3 pct rise in
pharmaceutical-cosmetics shops, a 4.3 pct decline in supermarkets, a
20.2 pct fall in department stores, a 20.9 pct drop in
clothing-footwear and a 7.9 pct decline in furniture-electrical
appliances.
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