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SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS WENT UP BY 6 PER AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CENT

IN VALUE

PER

PARTS IN

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 15 CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES DEPARTMENT STORES WENT UP BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 17 PER CENT IN

DURABLES VOLUME. CONSUMER

OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS

INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1989 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1990.

IN

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

ALL RETAIL TRADES, DECEMBER 1989 AND JANUARY 1990 (A) FOR

(B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1989 AND WITH THOSE FOR ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE FROM OCTOBER JANUARY 1990 JANUARY 1989

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JANUARY 1990 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 556 5240).

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