Home appliance sales in the Turkish domestic market remained stable in the first three quarters of this year compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the data released by the Turkish Home Appliance Industrialists Association (BESD).
According to the BESD's report, in the January-August period of 2012 overall home appliance sales in western Europe decreased by about one percent, while in eastern Europe home appliance sales increased by approximately six percent, both compared to the corresponding period of 2011. In eastern Europe, Russia and Poland saw their home appliance markets expand respectively by 12 percent and three percent. However, in the first eight months this year the home appliance markets in Ukraine and Romania indicated contractions.