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THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1990

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DECEMBER RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY RELEASED

·

AT

WITH DECEMBER

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN DECEMBER 1989, ESTIMATED $10,044 MILLION, INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED

PER CENT, ACCORDING 1988 WHILE THEIR VOLUME DECREASED BY 3

(THURSDAY) TODAY RELEASED PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TO THE BY THE

COMPARING THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1989 WITH 1988, TOTAL RETAIL ROSE BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CONSUMER BOTH

SALES

EXPENDITURES OF THE

TOURIST AND THIS SUGGESTED THAT WERE RELATIVELY WEAK IN 1989, PARTICULARLY IN THE SECOND HALF YEAR.

COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1988, RETAIL SALES OF FUELS IN

CENT IN 2 PER VALUE AND IN 16 PER CENT 1989 ROSE BY FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 12 PER SALES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

DECEMBER

VOLUME.

CENT

IN

SALES OF CLOTHING,

VALUE AND

PER CENT

1

RETAIL COMPARISON, ON THE SAME BASIS OF FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN PER CENT IN VOLUME. HOWEVER, CONSUMER DURABLES DROPPED BY 9 IN SALES VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED. BY 1 PER BUT DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

ANALYSED BY

CENT IN

SALES

VALUE

IN

PER

STORES VOLUME. CENT

IN

OF SALES

DEPARTMENT TRADES, SELECTED

8

CENT AND

PER VALUE 17 PER CENT IN

AND 4 INCREASED BY SUPERMARKETS ROSE BY 14 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE

SALES VOLUME.

IN

PER

VEHICLES ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR

CENT AND 10 PER

OF 11 AND PARTS DROPPED BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE SALES VOLUME. MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED DECREASES CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 16 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

SALES

OF

VALUE VALUE

1988, THE YEAR WITH 1989 YEAR THE COMPARING FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 14 PER CENT IN AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

BY

RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE

PER CENT

VOLUME. CONSUMER IN

PER CENT 7 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 2

IN SALES DURABLES FELL BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 VOLUME.

OTHER CONSUMER GOODS REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 5 SALES VALUE BUT A DECREASE OF 1 PER CENT IN SALFS VOLUME.

PER CENT IN

/ANALYSED BY

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