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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1986
WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1985, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR JANUARY 1986 DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES RECORDED INCREASES OF 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO SHOWED INCREASES OF 3 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. HOWEVER, FUELS RECORDED DECREASES OF 1 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DROPPED BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ SHOWED DECREASES OF 13 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY AND THOSE OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. ON THE OTHER NAND, SUPERMARKETS HAD SLIGHT DECREASES AND DEPARTMENT STORES HAD MODERATE DECREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL SALES FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1985 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1986.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES IN 1980 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF JANUARY 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY 1985 AND COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD NOVEMBER 1985-JANUARY 1986 WITH THOSE IN THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO ARE ALSO GIVEN. GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT THE INDEX MOVEMENTS OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES FROM JANUARY 1983 TO DECEMBER 1985.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JANUARY 1986 SURVEY RESULTS IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 3-7216024).
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