Mumbai, Sept. 26 -- The transition to the revised goods and services tax (GST) slabs resulted in a short-term impact on Hindustan Unilever Ltd's (HUL) sales in September, the packaged consumer goods major informed the exchanges on Friday.

The company is expected to report flat to low single-digit consolidated business growth in the September quarter.

"This is a one-off, transitory impact, and we anticipate recovery starting in November, as prices stabilize, underpinned by rising disposable incomes and our ongoing portfolio transformation actions," HUL said in the stock exchange filing, providing a summary of the operating context and its impact on the company's second-quarter results to be announced on 23 October.

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