WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987
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CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED ALMOST NO CHANGE IN SALES VALUE BUT A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SALES VOLUME.
MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME WHILE THE CORRESPONDING DECREASES FOR SUPERMARKETS WERE MODERATE.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR OCTOBER 1996 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR NOVEMBER 1986.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN OCTOBER 1986 AND NOVEMBER 1986 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL SALES, (B) 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 NOVEMBER 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF OCTOBER 1986 AND WITH THOSE OF NOVEMBER 1985 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT RESPECTIVELY THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO NOVEMBER 1986, AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES AND TRENDS, FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO OCTOBER 1986.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEMBER 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 3-7216024.
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