WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
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RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS FOR SEPTEMBER RELEASED
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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN SEPTEMBER 1986, PROVISIONALLY ESTIMATED AT $6 081 MILLION, WAS 9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1985 WHILE THEIR VOLUME WAS 5 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME, CONSUMER DURABLES AND OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ WENT UP BY 15 PER CENT AND 14 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE, WHILE THEIR CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN SALES VOLUME WERE 4 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT.
RETAIL SALES OF FOOTSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO RECORDED ALMOST NO CHANGE IN VALUE BUT AN INCREASE OF 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT DOWN BY 17 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT HAD ALMOST NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY IN VOLUME.
SUPERMARKETS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILE CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN SALES VALUE AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SALES VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED MODERATELY IN SALES VALUE AND SLIGHTLY IN SALES VOLUME.
COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1985, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS SHOWED INCREASES OF 21 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CONSUMER DURABLES AND +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ ROSE BY 15 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE AND BY 5 PER CENT
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 4 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
FUELS DECREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE AND SLIGHTLY IN VOLUME.
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SUPERMARKETS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME WHILE CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN SALES VALUE AND MODERATELY IN SALES VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES RECORDED A MODERATE INCREASE IN SALES VALUE AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SALES VOLUME.
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