Main indicators of retail trade

19.2. MAIN INDICATORS OF RETAIL TRADE1)

	1992	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Retail trade turover, total, bln. RUR (before 2000 trln. RUR)	5.1	512	2352	3070	3765	4529	5598
of which:
turnover of tradeorganizations:	4.0	376	1735	2294	2843	3454	4362
sales of goods incommodity, mixed and food markets	1.1	136	617	776	922	1075	1236
Out of total volume of retail trade turnover, bln. RUR (before 2000 trln. RUR):
food products	2.3	239	1093	1417	1754	2092	2556
non- food products	2.8	273	1259	1653	2011	2437	3042
Trade stock of retail trade organizations (at the end of year):
total, bln. RUR (before 2000 trln. RUR)	0.8	33.2	98.2	117.9	134.2	162.8	200.4
in days of trade	49	41	29	31	32	33	32
Average annual number of employees in organizations of retail trade and catering, thou. persons	2324	2627	2014	1945	2037	1829	1776

1) Value indicators are given in actual prices.

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