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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1988

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES,

SUPERMARKETS

21 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 20 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SALES WENT UP BY

SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS HAD INCREASES OF 4 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JANUARY AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY.

SALES IN BY MAJOR

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1988 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

FROM

OCTOBER

COMPARISONS OF FEBRUARY 1988 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY 1988 AND WITH THOSE FOR FEBRUARY 1987 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE FEBRUARY 1988 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, 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 (5-8234941).

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