FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1986
JANUARY RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS OUT
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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JANUARY 1986, ESTIMATED AT $6 165 MILLION, WAS 5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JANUARY 1985, WHILE THEIR VOLUME WAS 2 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1985, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. OTHER CONSUMER GOODS SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT A DECREASE OF 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME,
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS AND MOTOR VEHICLES ROSE MODERATELY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. DEPARTMENT STORES HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, AND CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SALES VALUE BUT NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.
COMPARING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO RECORDED INCREASES OF 4 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF FUELS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME. +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS AND MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED MODERATELY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. DEPARTMENT STORES AND CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES HAD SLIGHT INCREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
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