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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1990
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR JUNE RELEASED
THE
1990,
ESTIMATED AT
1989
THE
PROVISIONAL CENSUS
AND
VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JUNE $9,398 MILLION, INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE WHILE THEIR VOLUME ROSE BY 11 PER CENT, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS
SURVEY RELEASED STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OF A
TODAY
(MONDAY) BY
THESE MARKED
INCREASES
BASE OF WHILE
A LOW WERE DUE IN PART TO COMPARISON IN JUNE 1989: THE VOLUME INDEX WAS 122 IN JUNE 1990 IT STOOD AT 123 IN MAY, 110 IN JUNE AND 118 IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
IN
COMPARING WITH JUNE 1989, RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 21 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT VOLUME, WHILE RETAIL SALES OF FUELS INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
VALUE
SALES OF CONSUMER BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL ON THE SAME
IN VOLUME. DURABLES WENT UP BY 34 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 28 PER CENT CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 11 PER SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
CENT IN
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 12 PER VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CENT
IN
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 35 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 31 PER WENT CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS
VOLUME. SUPERMARKET UP BY 33 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 24 PER CENT IN
IN VOLUME. SALES INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 16 PER CENT SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
1989, COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 16 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER
IN
OF
ALCOHOLIC CENT
SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES
FOODSTUFFS,
PER CENT IN DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME,
IN WHILE CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 1 PER CENT SALES VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT WENT DOWN BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
/ANALYSED BY