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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED INCREASES OF 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES WENT DOWN BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES DROPPED BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE APRIL 1988 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.

TO THE CENSUS AND

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234941).

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE MARCH 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR APRIL 1988.

FOR

OF THE RELEVANT OCTOBER 1984 ΤΟ 1988 RESULTS WITH

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN MARCH AND APRIL 1988 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF APRIL THOSE FOR MARCH 1988 AND WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1987 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO APRIL 1988 WITH THE SAME IN 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

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