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FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990

SUPERMARKETS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 12

THE CORRESPONDING

DECREASES

CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE VEHICLES AND PARTS WERE 17 PER CENT AND 21 PER CENT.

FOR

PER

MOTOR

MIND

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1990 WITH JANUARY 1990, AND BEARING IN

TIMING OF THE CHINESE NEW THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY THE

TOTAL RETAIL YEAR FESTIVAL WHICH OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY THIS YEAR,

IN BOTH VALUB AND SALES FOR FEBRUARY 1990 DECREASED BY 18 PER CENT VOLUME.

FUELS WENT DOWN BY 21 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 23 IN SALES VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO 22 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND SALES VOLUME.

OF

COMPARISON,

PER CENT DROPPED BY

RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER ON THE SAME BASIS

CENT IN VOLUME. DURABLES WENT DOWN BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER

BOTH CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DROPPED BY 23 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 18 IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

PER

CENT

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROSE BY 19 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS FELL BY 21 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES AND SALES VOLUME.

PARTS

OTHER

VALUE

PER CENT IN

IN

BOTH VALUE

SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES DECREASED BY 32 VALUE AND VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES DROPPED BY 32 PER CENT AND 33 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

REVISED TOTAL

RETAIL SALES FIGURE TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE JANUARY 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY 1990.

(WHICH TRADES

FOR

SALES IN TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL

RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1990 (A) FOR ALL

FORM

OF PART

THE TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED

FROM OCTOBER RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY COMPARISONS OF FEBRUARY 1990 RESULTS

AND 1989, FEBRUARY

COMPARISONS OF RETAIL 1990 AND WITH THOSE FOR

IN SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIODS 1989, ARE ALSO GIVEN.

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

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY

TRADE

RESULTS

SURVEY GROUND

OF

то DIRECTED

THE CENSUS

THE AND

MAY BE STATISTICS SECTION

556 5240).

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.:

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