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TAPLE 1

TOTAL RETAIL SALEB

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988

Total Retail Sales for September 1988 (Provisional Figure! = KX18,59% million For Cignat 1988 (Revised Figure) H AK18,716 million

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TABLE 2: PIVE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

FOR AUGUST 1988 AND SEPTEMBER 1788

(Monthly average of Oct. Al - Sept. 85 = 100)

Index of

! September 1988

1tep

|

Retail Sales

|

August 1908

¦ September

1988

compared with I 1 August 1988

September 1909 † Jan.-Sep. 1988) compared with compared with # September 1987 | Jan.-Sep. 1987 |

$ (Revised

(Provisional: Polats

| figures)

1 Points

Point:

(Igeres)

: (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

Valve

15/

ཤྭ

153

Volume

127

126

E-

??

-2

-t

23

19 1

-Z 1 12

to

RE

R

28

23

19

13

#

==

!

: (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS

t

1

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

1

Value

12$

144

17

15!

27

23

drinks and tobacco

1. Volane

105

119

14

13 1

10

Fuels

Vatur

107

107

12

13 A

Volume

ire

116

13

12 :

Clothing, footwear

! Valve

[67

and allied products

Volume

135

SK

163

130

NT

28

21

33

12

10 1

*=

*=

25

14

Consumer durables

#

1

Value

169

161

-5 1

21

15 1

26

20

Volume

133

126

7

6 I

12

#1

Other consumer goods

Value

172

160

-11

Voi une

141

130

==

26

20 1

14

12 1

=2

41

34

26

24

(C) BY SELECTED TRADES

(see note 1 below)

Supermarkets

}

Value

165

183

19

36

¦

Volume

140

155

14

10

19

R=

25

22

#

Motor vehicles

Value

267

28.3

+

16

69

32 ¦

64

37

and parts

Volume

190

199

61

36

22 ¦

34

25

Consumer durables

Value

139

123

-16

-

14

12

other than not or

Volune

117

103

-13

-12

-2

-1 !

5

vehicles and parts

I

Department stores

Value

+

707

165

-16

Voluse

169

178

-22 -24: [1

26

19 1

57

46

9 ¦

37

==

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NOTES: 1. In order to analyse the sales of certain trades WITHIN major trade groups, the value and volume indexes

in respect of the following selected trades are compiled :

(a) *Supermarkets" a trade in the "Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco' group.

(b) "Motor vehicles and parts" - a trade in the "Consumer durables" group.

(c) 'Consumer durables other than motor vehicles and parts" - a trade in the "Consumer durables" group. (d) "Department stores'

-

a trade in the "Other consumer goods" group.

2. Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded inde figures,

3. *** denotes a figure within ±0.5.

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