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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989

WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1988, AND BRARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR JANUARY 1989 INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO HAD VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE IN SALES VALUE AND A DROP OF 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS WENT DOWN BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 22 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 20 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 49 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 17 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 21 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1989,

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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES DECEMBER 1988 AND JANUARY 1989 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF JANUARY 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE 1988 AND WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY 1988 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

FOR DECEMBER

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JANUARY 1989 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-8234941).

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