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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1986

FUELS

RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT IN VALUE AND FIVE PER CENT IN VOLUME. WENT DOWN BY 16 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE BUT SLIGHTLY IN VOLUME.

SUPERMARKETS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILE CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN SALES VALUE AND A MODERATE INCREASE IN SALES VOLUME, DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED MODERATELY IN SALES VALUE AND SLIGHTLY IN SALES VOLUME.

COMPARING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD JUNE TO AUGUST 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS SHOWED INCREASES OF 23 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CONSUMER DURABLES AND OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ ROSE BY 14 PER CENT AND SEVEN PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE AND BY FIVE PER CENT AND TWO PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY FIVE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND THREE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

FUELS DECREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT INCREASED BY ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE SUSBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE AND MODERATELY IN VOLUME,

CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED MODERATELY IN SALES VALUE AND SLIGHTLY IN SALES VOLUME WHILE SUPERMARKETS INCREASED MODERATELY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES REGISTERED A MODERATE INCREASE IN SALES VALUE BUT ALMOST NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1986, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR AUGUST 1986 ROSE BY THREE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ INCREASED BY SIX PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY FIVE PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND VOLUME RESPECTIVELY.

/FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC