Baku. Vahab Rzayev – APA-Economics. Retail Sales Index (RSI) made 92.2% in February 2013, up 22.3 percentage points compared to September.
RSI is calculated as a comparison between the sales value and previous month’s indexes. Total retail turnover made
As it seems, though the index rose, it is still below 100%, which shows that retail trade dropped in monthly comparison.
Note that, situation in retail trade is normal within this year. in January-February, the volume of retail trade turnover grew by 8.8%.