SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1990
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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR APRIL RELEASED
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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN APRIL 1990, ESTIMATED $8,783 MILLION, INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL *WHILE THEIR VOLUME DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT, ACCORDING
PROVISONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AT
TO THE CENSUS
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WITH COMPARED
IN MARCH 1990, THE VALUE AND THE VOLUME OF TOTAL RETAIL * INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER MARCH 1989.
APRIL 1989, FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC
SALES
DRINKS
AND
SALES
IN BY 9 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT "TOBACCO ROSE
VOLUME, WHILE RETAIL SALES OF FUELS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN BUT DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
THE ON
SAME
VALUE
OF CONSUMER IN VOLUME.
CENT
SALES BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL DURABLES DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DROPPED BY 3 PER "IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
PER OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 4 SALES RETAIL VALUE BUT FELL BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED
SELECTED BY
TRADES, RETAIL SALES
BY
CENT IN
SUPERMARKETS CONSUMER
INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
IN DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY 5 PER CENT SALES
SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES
CENT IN VOLUME. 'ROSE BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 1 PER RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED BY 8 PER VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CENT IN
COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO APRIL 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD
VALUE IN
BUT IN 1989, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT
CENT
· DECREASED
IN FUELS WENT UP BY 18 PER BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, SALES
AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. VALUE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND PRODUCTS DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES WENT DOWN BY 6 PER CENT IN AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ALLIED
SALES
VALUE
SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN BUT DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
VALUE
ANALYSED
BY SELECTED
SALES TRADES, RETAIL
VOLUME, INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN THOSE OF DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER
VEHICLES AND PARTS IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
AND
BY
SUPERMARKETS
WHILE CENT
/COMPARED WITH