TALLINN, July 1 (Reuters) - Estonian retail sales rose 3

percent month-on-month in May, but fell 16 percent from the same

period a year ago, the statistics office said on Wednesday.

ESTONIAN RETAIL SALES May '09 Apr '09 May '08

pct chg mo/mo +3.0 +1.0* +4.0

pct chg yr/yr -16.0 -15.0 -3.0

*corrected by the statistics office

(Reporting by David Mardiste)

Keywords: ESTONIA RETAIL SALES/

(Tallinn Newsroom +372 5290992, david.mardiste@thomsonreuters.com)

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