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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1988

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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 1987 RELEASED

AT

DECEMBER

THE

THE

1986 WHILST PROVISIONAL CENSUS AND

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN DECEMBER 1987, ESTIMATED $8,384 MILLION, WAS 17 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THEIR VOLUME WAS 8 PER RESULTS OF A SURVEY STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

CENT HIGHER,

TO ACCORDING RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY

RETAIL

SALES IN VOLUME

THIS INCREASE WAS IN LINE WITH THE GROWTH IN 1987 WHICH INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN AS COMPARED WITH 1986.

ANALYSED BY

TRADE MAJOR

GROUPS,

SALES RETAIL VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT IN DECEMBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1986. FOODSTUFFS, DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 17 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 6 IN SALES VOLUME.

OF

VOLUME

FUELS IN

ALCOHOLIC

PER CENT

OF GOODS"

CLOTHING,

BOTH VOLUME. CONSUMER

SALES RETAIL ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, FOOTWEAR AND

AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

"OTHER CONSUMER INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUR AND 8 PER CENT IN DURABLES WENT UP BY 14 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

OF THE RELEVANT ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, WHICH FORM PART MAJOR TRADE

SALES GROUPS,

BY

STORES INCREASED DEPARTMENT SUBSTANTIALLY BY 33 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 23 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SALES VALUE BY 24

INCREASED

DURABLES OTHER SALES VALUE

IN CENT MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 31 PER AND 21 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES PER CENT IN VALUE AND 17 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

PRECEEDING YEAR,

FOODSTUFFS, SALES VALUE IN SALES

COMPARING THE YEAR 1987 WITH THE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 5 PER CENT VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

ON THE

SAME BASIS OF

COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" AND CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT AND 18

AND 13 PER CENT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE

AND 10 PER CENT ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT

RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME. CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND UP BY 15 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

CENT

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 43 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 30 PER VOLUME. SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES AND SUPERMARKETS WENT UP BY 29 CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 21 PER CENT AND 15 CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.

PARTS

IN

PER

PER

/CONSUMER DURABLES