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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1987

JUNE RETAIL SALES SURVEY PROVISIONAL RESULTS RELEASED

THIS YEAR,

ESTIMATED

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JUNE AT $6,620 MILLION, WAS 22 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1986 WHILST THEIR VOLUME WAS 14 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

PROVISIONAL CENSUS AND

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES AND "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" ROSE BY 29 PER CENT AND 27 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 20 PER CENT AND 18 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME. CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR FUELS WERE 10 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT. BOTH VEHICLES AND PARTS AND GOODS IN DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY IN SALES VALUE AND SUBSTANTIALLY IN SALES VOLUME.

MOTOR VERY

SUPERMARKET SALES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN VALUE AND A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN VOLUME.

COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1986, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES AND "CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT AND 21 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE WHILE BOTH GROUPS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

"OTHER CONSUMER GOODS"

INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

FUEL SALES WENT UP BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS AND IN DEPARTMENT STORES BOTH INCREASED VERY SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE AND VOLUME.

SUPERMARKETS EXPERIENCED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN SALES VALUE AND A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN SALES VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS REGISTERED CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN VALUE AND MODERATE INCREASE IN VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1987, AND BEARING IN MIND COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL JUNE 1987 HAD A NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN VALUE AND A DECREASE CENT IN VOLUME.

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