Baku. Vahab Rzayev – APA-Economics. Retail Sales Index (RSI) made 80.6% in April, 2013, down 42.7 percentage points compared to March.
RSI is calculated as a comparison between the sales value and previous month’s indexes. Total retail turnover made
As it seems, the index dropped to below 100%, which shows that retail trade dropped in monthly comparison. In March, the volume of retail trade rose 23.3%.
In general, the retail trade annually rose 9.4% in January-April. Besides, average monthly retail trade turnover in 2013 was equal to