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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1987

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR MARCH 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR APRIL 1987.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES IN MARCH 1987 AND APRIL 1987 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES

OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF APRIL 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR MARCH 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE THREE MONTHS FEBRUARY то APRIL 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

MOVEMENTS OF THE OCTOBER 1984 ΤΟ

GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT. RESPECTIVELY, THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES FROM APRIL 1987 AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDICES AND TRENDS FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO MARCH 1987.

A REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE APRIL 1987 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234941.

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