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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1988

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PARTS

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND

31 PER CENT IN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 44 PER CENT IN VALUE AND VOLUME.

SALES

BY DEPARTMENT

STORES

AND

SUPERMARKETS

WENT UP BY

AND

28 PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 21 PER CENT 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.

OTHER CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES

THIS WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1987, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, AN HAD

INCREASE OF 1 PER CENT NOVEMBER 1987

IN VALUE BUT A

NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN VOLUME.

SALES

FUELS DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN BOTH

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS OF

SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. AND TOBACCO DECREASED BY

3 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

AND

VOLUME.

CENT

OF

FOOTWEAR CLOTHING, OVER THE SAME MONTH, RETAIL SALES ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN COMSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER

INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" IN SALES VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

STORES MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLES CENT IN SALES IN BOTH SALES VALUE

BY ANALYSED

SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF DEPARTMENT INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME, BOTH

THAN CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER VEHICLES AND PARTS AND AND PARTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES FELL BY 11 PER CENT AND VOLUME.

TOTAL

SALES RETAIL

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED OCTOBER 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR NOVEMBER 1987.

FIGURE

FOR

SALES IN TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL

FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY OCTOBER 1987 AND NOVEMBER 1987 (A) MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE FROM OCTOBER RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

OCTOBER COMPARISONS OF NOVEMBER 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR

SALES 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL

PERIOD IN 1986 IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1987 WITH THE SAME ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEMBER 1987

PUBLICATIONS SALES RESULTS 19 NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.

SURVEY CENTRE,

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

TRADE STATISTICS

RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO

OF SECTION

THE CENSUS

THE

AND

STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234941.

/Provisional results