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TABLE 1 (COPIES OF TABLES AND GRAPHS WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK AND ALSO BOXED FOR COLLECTION) PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR NOVEMBER 1986 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1986.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN NOVEMBER 1986 AND DECEMBER 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 REATIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF DECEMBER 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF NOVEMBER 1986 AND WITH THOSE OF DECEMBER 1985 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER 1986 WITH THE SAME QUARTER 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 DECEMBER 1986 AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES AND TRENDS, FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO NOVEMBER 1986.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE DECEMBER 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 5-8234941.
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