Romania leads European consumption growth

Romania is the first among European countries when it comes to the growth of consumer goods sales with a 29.7% growth rate in September this year compared to the same month in 2005, an Eurostat study shows. Romania is followed by Latvia with 19.8% and Estonia with 16.9%.

Belgium is last on the list with a 1.6% decrease of sales. Across Europe, the average growth of consumer goods sales in September stood at 1.1% while the rate for the European Community stood at 2.1%.

HotNews.ro, Dec 5, 2006