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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1984

IN TERMS OF SALES VALUE, CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 19 PER CENT, FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO BY 16 PER CENT AND OTHER CONSUMER GOODS BY 12 PER CENT.

IN VOLUME TERMS, THEIR CORRESPONDING INCREASES WERE EIGHT PER CENT, SIX PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT.

FUELS REGISTERED THE LOWEST INCREASE IN SALES VALUE, AT FOUR PER CENT, AND NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND EIGHT PER CENT IN VOLUME IN SEPTEMBER 1984, WHILE FOODSTUFFS. ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO BY FIVE PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME,

FUELS RECORDED AN INCREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS REGISTERED NO CHANGE IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, WHILST THOSE OF CONSUMER DURABLES DROPPED BY ONE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT STORES, MOTOR VEHICLES AND SUPERMARKETS ALL SHOWED MODERATE INCREASES IN VALUE BUT SMALLER INCREASES IN VOLUME WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1983.

COMPARING THE PERIOD JULY-SEPTEMBER 1984 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

MOTOR VEHICLES, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND DEPARTMENT STORES ALSO RECORDED LARGE INCREASES IN VALUE BUT SMALLER INCREASES IN VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984, APART FROM MOTOR VEHICLES, RETAIL SALES OF MAIN SELECTED TRADES ALL DECREASED IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

COMPARISONS OF SEPTEMBER 1984 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF AUGUST 1984 AND SEPTEMBER 1983, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JULY-SEPTEMBER 1984 WITH THOSE IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 1983 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE SEPTEMBER 1984 SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 3-7216024).

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