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SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1989

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 52 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 41 PER CENT IN VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 23 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 12 PER CFNT IN SALES VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT WERE ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.

CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES LOR APRIL 1989 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUMI".

FUELS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. 1 OODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED SALES VALUE AND DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

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ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 FER CENT IN VOLUME WHILST THOSE FOR CONSUMER DURABLES DROPPED BY 1 ER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 37 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 36 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SUPERMARKETS AND DEPARTMENT STORES DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE, AND BY 2 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 19 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 20 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME,

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR MARCH 1989 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR APRIL 1989.

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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES MARCH 1989 AND APRIL 1989 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

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COMPARISONS OF APRIL 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR MARCH 1989 AND WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1988, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO APRIL 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF APRIL 1989 SURVEY RESUL'S IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOO GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED то HE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234941.

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