For food products, the volume of retail trade increased by 2.3%; for non-food products, except automotive fuel, it rose by 3.9 %, and for automotive fuel, it grew by 4.3 %.

Compared with August 2025, the largest upturns were recorded in the retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (15.3 %), retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical goods (8.1 %), and retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialised stores (6.7 %). Retail sale via stalls and markets, ho...