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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1991
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR JUNE RELEASED
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JUNE
AT 1991, ESTIMATED
JUNE 1990, $10,767.0 MILLION, INCREASED BY 14.6% WHEN COMPARED WITH WHILE THEIR VOLUME INCREASED BY 7.5%, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL RESULTS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS (TUESDAY).
DEPARTMENT
SURVEY
TODAY
ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET, SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 30.5% IN VALUE 21.4% IN VOLUME IN JUNE 1991 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990.
FOR
AND
SALES OF
14.1% IN VOLUME,
DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 21.0%
IN
VALUE AND
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS (OTHER THAN FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 19.9% IN 7.8% IN VOLUME.
SUPERMARKETS)
FOR VALUE AND
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR FUELS WENT UP BY 17.5% IN VALUE AND 2.2% IN VOLUME.
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR CONSUMER DURABLE 14.9% IN VALUE AND 8.7% IN VOLUME.
GOODS ROSK BY
WITHIN THIS GROUP, SALES OF DEALERS IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED
WHILE BY 7.7% IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 1.9% IN VOLUME, SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR OTHER CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS ROSE BY 20.6% IN VALUE AND 17.1% IN VOLUME.
SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY 12.0% IN VALUE AND 2.1%
IN
VOLUME.
HOWEVER,
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR JEWELLERY, WATCHES AND CLOCKS,
10.4% AND DECREASED BY 10.6% IN VALUE VALUABLE GIFT, VOLUME.
AND IN
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR OTHER CONSUMER GOODS NOT KLSEWHERE CLASSIFIED WENT UP BY 34.0% IN VALUE AND 26.3% IN VOLUME.
PERIOD
COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO JUNE 1991 WITH THE SAME IN 1990, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 11.6% IN VALUE AND 4.4% IN VOLUME.
WITH COMPARING
THIS THAT COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR JUNE 1991 INCREASED BY 1.5% IN VALUE AND 1.2% IN VOLUME.
MAY 1991, AND BEARING IN MIND
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