FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1988
WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1997, AND THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, FOR JANUARY 1988 DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT IN VALUE VOLUME.
BEARING IN MIND THAT TOTAL RETAIL SALES AND 3 PER CENT IN
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS WENT DOWN BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" FELL BY 9 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN SALES VOLUME.
SUPERMARKET SALES WENT DOWN BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES DROPPED BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1988.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN DECEMBER 1987 AND JANUARY 1988 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (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
1981 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF JANUARY 1988 RESULTS WITH THOSE
1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
FOR DECEMBER
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JANUARY 1988 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234941).
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