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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1987

RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 1 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO RECORDED ALMOST NO CHANGE IN SALES VALUE AND A DECREASE OF 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT WHILE CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT. RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS AND CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED MODERATE INCREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILE DEPARTMENT STORES' SALES ROSE SLIGHTLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME,

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JUNE 1987 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, 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 STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234941.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

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

MAY

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES IN MAY 1987 AND JUNE 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 JUNE 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987 WITH THE SAME QUARTER 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 TO JUNE 1987 AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDICES AND TRENDS FROM 1984 TO MAY 1987.

OCTOBER

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