TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1984
AUGUST RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED
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THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES IN AUGUST 1984, ESTIMATED AT $5 425 MILLION, WAS 12 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN AUGUST 1983, WHILE THEIR VOLUME WAS THREE PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
RETAIL SALES FOR THE PERIOD JUNE-AUGUST 1984, WHEN COMPARED WITH SALES FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, ROSE BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME.
COMPARISON OF AUGUST 1984 FIGURES WITH JULY 1984 FIGURES, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, SHOWS THAT THE VALUE OF SALES FELL BY FIVE PER CENT AND THEIR VOLUME BY FOUR PER CENT.
IN AUGUST 1984, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT IN VALUE OR EIGHT PER CENT IN VOLUME WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1983 SALES.
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO AND CONSUMER DURABLES RECORDED AN INCREASE OF 17 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE. IN TERMS OF SALES VOLUME, CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY SIX PER CENT AND FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO BY FIVE PER CENT.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF FUELS ROSE BY ONE PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.
A COMPARISON OF FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JUNE-AUGUST 1984 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, SHOWS RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES REGISTERED THE LARGEST INCREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, AT 21 PER CENT AND EIGHT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. IN TERMS OF SALES VALUE, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 20 PER CENT AND FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO BY 19 PER CENT; IN TERMS OF SALES VOLUME, THEY BOTH ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE OR FIVE PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF FUELS RECORDED AN INCREASE OF FIVE PER CENT IN VALUE BUT NO CHANGE IN VOLUME.
COMPARED WITH THE JULY 1984 FIGURES, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES IN AUGUST 1984 FELL BY EIGHT PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
/BOTH CLOTHING,
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