THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1988
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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF MARCH RETAIL SALES SURVEY
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN MARCH 1988, ESTIMATED AT $7,885 MILLION, WAS 21 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1987 WHILST THEIR VOLUME WAS 11 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARING MARCH 1988 WITH MARCH 1987, RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT DOWN BY 4 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" AND CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 35 PER CENT AND 24 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 25 PER CENT AND 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.
CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT FELL BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY BY 60 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 46 PER CENT IN VOLUME. MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED INCREASES OF 31 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 18 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY 21 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1987, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS AND "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" ROSE BY 34 PER CENT AND 31 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE WHILST THEIR CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN VOLUME WERE 22 PER CENT AND 21 PER CENT.
CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 27 PER CENT IN SALES
18 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
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