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TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1987

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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS

DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234941.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TWO TABLES AND GRAPHS WILL BE SENT BY THE FACSIMILE BOXED FOR COLLECTION,

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

LATER AND

SALES FIGURE FOR

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES IN APRIL 1987 AND MAY 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 FROM OCTOBER 1984 ΤΟ SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF MAY 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE THREE MONTHS MARCH TO MAY 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT, RESPECTIVELY, THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 ΤΟ MAY 1987 AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDICES AND TRENDS FROM OCTOBER

1984 TO APRIL 1987.

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