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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1988

CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME,

WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR DECEMBER 1987 ROSE BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

BY 20

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 17 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP 12 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

PER BY

OVER THE SAME MONTH, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME. "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" WENT UP BY 10 PER CENT IN BALES VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF DEPARTMENT INCREASED BY 29 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS WENT UP BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 23 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

STORES SALES

CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

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

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN NOVEMBER 1987 AND DECEMBER 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 MONTHLY RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF DECEMBER 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE YEAR 1987 WITH THE YEAR 1986 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE DECEMBER 1987 SURVEY RESULTS 13 NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234941.

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