SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1990
- 1
RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR MARCH RELEASED
MARCH
1989
TO
THE
BY
THE
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN
1990, ESTIMATED AT $9,284 MILLION, INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH
INCREASED WHILST THEIR VOLUME
PER CENT, ACCORDING PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A
TODAY (SATURDAY) CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
BY 1 SURVEY RELEASED
YEAR
THAT
A
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY LAST YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE IN VOLUME TERMS WAS RECORDED FOR THE MONTH.
IN
SAME QUARTER COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE
SALES 1989, TOTAL RETAIL
PER
BUT INCREASED BY 1
VALUE CENT IN
CENT DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES OF FUELS ROSE BY 19 PER
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, TOBACCO WENT UP BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES
AND 4 PER CENT IN
SALES VOLUME.
VALUE
ALLIED
CENT
IN IN VALUE
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND
PER AND 7 PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE SALES VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES FELL BY 7 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
OTHER CONSUMER GOODS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN BUT DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
SALES VALUE
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES IN SUPERMARKETS INCREASED DEPARTMENT STORES BY 20 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES WENT UP BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
VEHICLES
IN
BY
ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR
6 PER CENT AND PARTS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND
MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS SALES VOLUME, WHILE SALES OF
DROPPED 11 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND IN VOLUME.
COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH 1989, SALES OF FOODSTUFFS,
19 PER CENT ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY
IN VALUE AND 18 PER CENT IN
10 PER CENT IN VOLUME WHILE THOSE FOR FUELS ROSE BY VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
OF
ON THE SAME BASIS
COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER
CENT IN VOLUME. DURABLES INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER HOWEVER, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DROPPED BY 3 PER IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY IN VALUE BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.
CENT
5 PER CENT
PARTS
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND
PER CENT INCREASED BY 37
IN VALUE AND 30
IN VOLUME. PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT IN SUPERMARKET SALES ROSE BY 31 PER CENT IN VALUE
CENT IN VALUE VOLUME. SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 5 PER BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
/CONSUMER DURABLES