According to the preliminary results, the turnover of retail trade in the Republic of Serbia in March 2025 increased by 3.4% at current prices and at constant prices it is at the level of turnover achieved in March of the previous year.
Comparing the retail trade turnover in the first three months 2025 with the same period 2024, it increased by 4.3% at current prices, and by 0.7% at constant prices.
1. Retail trade turnover indices by territory
| III 2025 III 2024 |
III 2025 II 2025 |
III 2025 Ø 2024 |
I - III 2025 I - III 2024 |
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| Current prices | Constant prices | Current prices | Constant prices | Current prices | Constant prices | Current prices | Constant prices | |
| REPUBLIC OF SERBIA | 103.4 | 100.0 | 112.6 | 112.7 | 100.1 | 97.9 | 104.3 | 100.7 |
| SRBIJA – SEVER | 102.0 | 98.3 | 111.9 | 111.9 | 99.7 | 97.3 | 103.2 | 99.4 |
| Region Vojvodine | 101.8 | 99.0 | 112.9 | 112.9 | 99.6 | 98.0 | 103.5 | 100.6 |
| SRBIJA – JUG | 105.6 | 102.6 | 113.6 | 113.8 | 100.6 | 98.6 | 105.9 | 102.6 |
2. Retail trade turnover indices by main aggregates of the Classification of Activities
| III 2025 III 2024 |
III 2025 II 2025 |
III 2025 Ø 2024 |
I - III 2025 I - III 2024 |
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| Current prices | Constant prices | Current prices | Constant prices | Current prices | Constant prices | Current prices | Constant prices | |
| Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 103.4 | 100.0 | 112.6 | 112.7 | 100.1 | 97.9 | 104.3 | 100.7 |
| Retail trade of food, beverages and tobacco | 105.6 | 100.2 | 113.5 | 113.0 | 102.3 | 98.7 | 105.4 | 100.3 |
| Retail trade of non-food products (except fuel) | 105.1 | 101.9 | 113.7 | 113.6 | 100.9 | 99.0 | 105.0 | 101.9 |
| Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores | 94.6 | 95.6 | 108.1 | 110.1 | 92.7 | 93.1 | 100.1 | 98.8 |
Methodological explanations
The indices published in this statistical release relate to turnover of all business entities (legal persons and unincorporated enterprises) dealing with retail trade, division 47 of CA (Classification of Activities – “Official Gazette of RS”, no. 54/10).
Retail trade turnover is obtained on the basis of regular monthly statistical survey “Monthly Survey of Retail Trade”, based on the sample and on VAT reports received from Tax administration.
The turnover in retail trade includes VAT.
The turnover indices at constant prices (real indices) have been obtained by deflating the indices at current prices (nominal indices) by the corresponding consumer price indices, excluding water (from public utility systems), electricity and motor vehicles, motorcycles and parts.
All published indices ought to be regarded as preliminary, meaning that certain corrections can appear on the basis of the results, obtained from the Three-month regular statistical surveys that are conducted on the increased number of sample units.
Starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohija and therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total).
Methodological notes (referent metadata) on retail trade are available on the website of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia:
https://data.stat.gov.rs/Metadata/21_Unutrasnja%20trgovina/Html/2101_ESMS_G0_2023_3.html.
Series of monthly indices at current and constant prices are available on the website of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, in database: https://data.stat.gov.rs/Home/Result/210101?languageCode=en-US