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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1989

PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR

DECEMBER RELEASED

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN DECEMBER 1988, ESTIMATED

DECEMBER $9,769 MILLION, WAS 17 PER CENT HIGHER THAN

CENT THEIR VOLUME WAS 8 PER

HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY} BY THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AT

1987 WHILE

PROVISIONAL CENSUS AND

1987, RETAIL

COMPARING DECEMBER 1988 WITH DECEMBER FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS ROSE SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

PER BY 7

SALES OF CENT IN IN BOTII

ON THE SAME BASIS

OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER

AND) 13 PER DURABLES ROSE BY 22 PER CENT IN VALUE

CENT IN VOLUME. 21 PER CENT IN ("LOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY

VOLUME WHILE THE CORRESPONDING SALES VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN SALES INCREASES FOR "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" WERE 17 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT.

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 35 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 23 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES BY PER CENT IN DEPARTMENT STORES WENT UP BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 VOLUME.

CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND

VALUE AND મ INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN SALES

PER CENT IN CENT IN VOLUME, WHILST SUPERMARKETS SALES INCREASED BY 14 PER AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

PARTS

SALES VALUE

COMPARING THE YEAR 1988 WITH THE YEAR 1987, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

ALCOHOLIC

IN CENT IN

ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, SALES OF FOODSTUFFS,

PFR CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 11 VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER SALES VOLUME.

IN VALUE

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" ROSF BY 28 PER CENT

AND 19 PER CENT IN

VOLUME.

"CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" AND CONSUMER INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES AND BOTH INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

DURABLES VALUE,

P

ANALYSED BY SELECTFD TRADES, SALES OF "MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS' AND DEPARTMENT STORES BOTH INCREASED BY 39 PER CENT

VALUE, AND INCREASED BY 27 PER CENT AND 26 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.

IN

SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT WENT IN VOLUME, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS UP BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND » PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

/WHEN COMPARED