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ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS, MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS AND DEPARTMENT STORES SHOWED SLIGHT INCREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS HAD ALMOST NO CHANGE IN SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
A NEW RETAIL SALES INDEX SERIES BASED ON THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 (MONTHLY AVERAGE IN THE PERIOD TAKEN AS 100) IS ALSO RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT, REPLACING THE OLD SERIES WHICH WAS BASED ON 1980 AND INTRODUCED IN 1982,
THE RETAIL SALES INDEXES WERE REBASED IN ORDER THAT THE WEIGHTS USED IN DERIVING THE PRICE DEFLATORS FOR COMPILING THE VOLUME DEXES CAN BETTER REFLECT THE UPDATED PATTERN OF RETAIL SALES.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR MAY 1986 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JUNE 1986.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE NEW VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN MAY 1986 AND JUNE 1986 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL SALES, (3) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF JUNE 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF MAY 1986 AND WITH THOSE OF JUNE 1985 AND COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1985 ARE ALSO GIVEN. TABLE 3 PRESENTS THE TOTAL RETAIL SALES AND THE NEW RETAIL SALES INDEX SERIES FROM 1981' TO JUNE 1986.
GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT RESPECTIVELY THE MOVEMENTS OF THE NEW VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES, INCLUDING THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES AND TRENDS, FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO MAY 1986.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JUNE 1986 SURVEY RESULTS IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES 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 3-7216024.
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