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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1988

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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY

ESTIMATED AT 1987 WHILE

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN FEBRUARY 1988, $8,432 MILLION, WAS 45 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN VOLUME

FEBRUARY WAS 33

CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO RESULTS OF A SURVEY ON RETAIL SALES RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY)

THE PROVISIONAL CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

BY THE

PER

THE TIMING THIS YEAR BUT IN

OF

THE ABOVE COMPARISON WAS, HOWEVER, AFFECTED BY THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, WHICH OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY JANUARY LAST YEAR.

RETAIL SALES OVER THE

TAKING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1988 TOGETHER, TOTAL INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME SAME PERIOD IN 1987.

COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1988 PERIOD IN 1987 AND ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

WITH THE SAME SALES OF FUELS

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO RECORDED INCREASES 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 33 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

COMPARISON, RETAIL INCREASED BY 17 PER

OF

SALES OF CLOTHING, CENT IN VALUE AND

"OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" AND CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY 29 CENT AND 28 PER CENT

PER RESPECTIVELY IN SALES INCREASES IN SALES VOLUME WERE BOTH 19 PER CENT.

VALUE WHILE THEIR

"MOTOR

VEHICLES AND

AND 51

PER

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF PARTS AND BY DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 52 PER CENT CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND BOTH BY 38 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 19 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR SUPERMARKETS WERE 17 PER CENT

CENT.

ROSE WHILE AND 9

BY

THE

PER

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1988 WITH FEBRUARY FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 26 PER CENT IN

1987, RETAIL SALES OF AND 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS INCREASED BY 16

VALUE VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

PER CENT IN SALES

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY

RETAIL SALES OF IN VALUE AND 78 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

95

CLOTHING,

PER

CENT

/CONSUMER DURABLES