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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1988
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PARTS
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND
31 PER CENT IN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 44 PER CENT IN VALUE AND VOLUME.
SALES
BY DEPARTMENT
STORES
AND
SUPERMARKETS
WENT UP BY
AND
28 PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 21 PER CENT 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.
OTHER CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES
THIS WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1987, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT
TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, AN HAD
INCREASE OF 1 PER CENT NOVEMBER 1987
IN VALUE BUT A
NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN VOLUME.
SALES
FUELS DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN BOTH
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS OF
SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. AND TOBACCO DECREASED BY
3 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
AND
VOLUME.
CENT
OF
FOOTWEAR CLOTHING, OVER THE SAME MONTH, RETAIL SALES ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN COMSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER
INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" IN SALES VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
STORES MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLES CENT IN SALES IN BOTH SALES VALUE
BY ANALYSED
SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF DEPARTMENT INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME, BOTH
THAN CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER VEHICLES AND PARTS AND AND PARTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES FELL BY 11 PER CENT AND VOLUME.
TOTAL
SALES RETAIL
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED OCTOBER 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR NOVEMBER 1987.
FIGURE
FOR
SALES IN TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL
FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY OCTOBER 1987 AND NOVEMBER 1987 (A) MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE FROM OCTOBER RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
OCTOBER COMPARISONS OF NOVEMBER 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR
SALES 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL
PERIOD IN 1986 IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1987 WITH THE SAME ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEMBER 1987
PUBLICATIONS SALES RESULTS 19 NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
SURVEY CENTRE,
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
TRADE STATISTICS
RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO
OF SECTION
THE CENSUS
THE
AND
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234941.
/Provisional results