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		<title>Consumer price index decreased in November</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/consumer-price-index-decreased-in-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the consumer price index decreased 2.1% in November 2009 compared to November of the previous year, and 0.2% compared to October of the current year.


Goods were 2.2% and services 1.8% cheaper compared to November of the previous year. Food products were 5.0% cheaper and manufactured goods were 0.3% more expensive.
Regulated prices [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3113&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retail dynamics in line with expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rate of decline in retail sales that Estonia saw in October corresponded to expectations and figures are confirming the previous trends, analysts speaking to BNS said.
The drop in October was as expected, Nordea Eesti senior analyst Kristiina Kruusa told BNS. Even though the consumer confidence index has kept improving month after month, it remains [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3143&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decrease of sales of specialised stores 41 pct</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/decrease-of-sales-of-specialised-stores-41-pct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in October 2009 compared to October of the previous year the retail sales of goods of retail trade enterprises decreased 17% at constant prices. Since July the decrease in retail sales has been relatively stable compared to the same month of the previous year.


In October, the retail sales of goods of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3103&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram: Retail sales volume index of retail trade enterprises and its trend, January 2002 – October 2009 (corresponding month of previous year = 100)</media:title>
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		<title>Baltics post EU&#8217;s biggest drop in new car sales</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/baltics-post-eus-biggest-drop-in-new-car-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While new car sales in Latvia fell 81.6% in a year in October, Estonia and Lithuania were close by, writes Kauppalehti.
According to the paper, new car sales in Estonia were down 73.2% and in Lithuania 71.3%.
The fall in Hungary was 72.4%, in Bulgaria 60.5% and in Romania 69%.
Latvia, for instance, registered only 218 new cars [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3040&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decrease in sales of manufactured goods affected most the retail sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the retail sales of goods of retail trade enterprises decreased in September 2009 compared to August this year as well as compared to September of the previous year. The decrease in retail sales was most influenced by stores selling manufactured goods, where the decrease in sales slightly accelerated compared to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2977&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram:&#34;Retail sales volume index of retail trade enterprises and its trend, January 2002 – September 2009 &#34;</media:title>
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		<title>812 new cars registered in September</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/812-new-cars-registered-in-september/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September offices of the Estonian Roads Administration traffic registry made first entries of 1 959 cars into their lists in September, of these 812 new cars.
In August first entries were made of 600 new cars, the lowest monthly result this year. Of the 3 418 cars registered in September, 1 680 were new.
In September [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2940&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Price of goods cheaper, services more expensive</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/price-of-goods-cheaper-services-more-expensive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the consumer price index decreased 1.6% in September 2009 compared to September of the previous year and 0.2% compared to August 2009.


Compared to the same month of the previous year, the consumer price index decreased for the first time by more than 1%. In September goods were 3.7% cheaper and services [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2928&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retail sales continues to decline</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/retail-sales-continues-to-decline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the retail sales of goods of retail trade enterprises decreased in August 2009 compared to July this year as well as compared to August of the previous year.


The decrease in retail sales, which had begun in spring 2008 compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, fell to the lowest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2920&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram:&#34;Retail sales volume index of retail trade enterprises and its trend, January 2002 – August 2009 (corresponding month of previous year =100)&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Trade of high-tech goods is showing a decline</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/trade-of-high-tech-goods-is-showing-a-decline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in 2008 exports of high-tech (HT) goods from Estonia totalled 4.6 billion kroons at current prices and imports of high-tech goods to Estonia amounted to 9.8 billion kroons. The share of HT goods in Estonia’s trade has significantly decreased during the last years.



In 2008 the share of exports of HT goods [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2918&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comarket changes name to ABC Supermarkets</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/comarket-changes-name-to-abc-supermarkets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AS Comarket operator of a chain of small supermarkets in Estonia has changed its business name to ABC Supermarkets AS in connection with switching to multiple brands.
Ando Nõupuu, board member of ABC Supermarkets, said in his remarks to BNS that in addition to Comarket the company would launch one more brand this year and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2861&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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