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CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT RECORDED ALMOST NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME. ON THE OTHER HAND. FUELS HAD A DECREASE OF 7 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT A NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND A DECREASE OF 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. CONSUMER DURABLES, OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS, SHOWED SLIGHT DECREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME WHILE RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES AND OF SUPERMARKETS DECREASED MODERATELY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
TWO TABLES AND TWO GRAPHS WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK AND ALSO BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL SALES FIGURE FOR MARCH 1986 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR APRIL 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 APRIL 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF MARCH 1986 AND APRIL 1985 AND COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD FEBRUARY 1986-APRIL 1986 WITH THOSE IN THE SAME PERIOD 12-MONTH PREVIOUSLY ARE ALSO GIVEN.
GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT THE MOVEMENTS OF THE INDEXES OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES, INCLUDING THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES AND TRENDS, FROM JANUARY 1983 TO MARCH 1986.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE APRIL 1986 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL: 3-7216024.
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