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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1991
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR JULY RELEASED
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THE
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1990,
ESTIMATED AT OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JULY 1991, VALUE $11,842.6 MILLION, INCREASED BY 20.7% WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY WHILE THEIR VOLUME INCREASED BY 13.1%, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (THURSDAY).
TODAY
ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET, SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR AND CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 41.6% IN VALUE 33.0% IN VOLUME IN JULY 1991 COMPARED WITH JULY 1990.
29.9% DEALERS
IN
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS ROSE BY
AND 23.4% IN VOLUME. WITHIN THIS VALUE
GROUP, IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 29.6% IN 18.0%
FOR VOLUME, WHILE SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS DURABLE GOODS ROSE BY 30.1% IN VALUE AND 27.4% IN VOLUME.
OTHER
SALES of VALUE AND CONSUMER
SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 15.7% IN VALUE AND 9.9% IN VOLUME.
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR FUELS WENT UP BY 14.5% IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 3.8% IN VOLUME.
SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY 10.4% IN VALUE AND 0.1%
IN
VOLUME.
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS (OTHER THAN SUPERMARKETS) FOODSTUFFS,
VALUE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 10.2% IN DROPPED BY 2.4% IN VOLUME.
FOR
BUT
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR JEWELLERY, WATCHES AND CLOCKS, VALUABLE GIFT, WENT UP BY 7.6% IN VALUE AND 7.4% IN VOLUME.
SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR OTHER CONSUMER GOODS NOT CLASSIFIED WENT UP BY 36.9% IN VALUE AND 27.8% IN VOLUME.
AND
ELSEWHERE
PERIOD
COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO JULY 1991 WITH THE SAME IN 1990, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 12.9% IN VALUE AND 5.7% IN VOLUME.
WITH JUNE
IN 1991, AND BEARING COMPARING
MIND THAT COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES JULY 1991 INCREASED BY 9.8% IN VALUE AND 10.2% IN VOLUME.
INDICATORS
CHANGES
THIS
IN
FIGURES CHANGES. ARE
THE
TO
CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES ARE DERIVED FROM ON THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AFTER HAVING ADJUSTED FOR PRICE THE
OF PRICE
USED FOR THE PURPOSE RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WHICH CORRESPOND THE BROAD CATEGORY OF GOODS IN QUESTION.
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