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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1990

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RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR MARCH RELEASED

MARCH

1989

TO

THE

BY

THE

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN

1990, ESTIMATED AT $9,284 MILLION, INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH

INCREASED WHILST THEIR VOLUME

PER CENT, ACCORDING PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A

TODAY (SATURDAY) CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

BY 1 SURVEY RELEASED

YEAR

THAT

A

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY LAST YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE IN VOLUME TERMS WAS RECORDED FOR THE MONTH.

IN

SAME QUARTER COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE

SALES 1989, TOTAL RETAIL

PER

BUT INCREASED BY 1

VALUE CENT IN

CENT DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES OF FUELS ROSE BY 19 PER

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, TOBACCO WENT UP BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES

AND 4 PER CENT IN

SALES VOLUME.

VALUE

ALLIED

CENT

IN IN VALUE

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND

PER AND 7 PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE SALES VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES FELL BY 7 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

OTHER CONSUMER GOODS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN BUT DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

SALES VALUE

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES IN SUPERMARKETS INCREASED DEPARTMENT STORES BY 20 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES WENT UP BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

VEHICLES

IN

BY

ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR

6 PER CENT AND PARTS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND

MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS SALES VOLUME, WHILE SALES OF

DROPPED 11 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND IN VOLUME.

COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH 1989, SALES OF FOODSTUFFS,

19 PER CENT ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY

IN VALUE AND 18 PER CENT IN

10 PER CENT IN VOLUME WHILE THOSE FOR FUELS ROSE BY VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

OF

ON THE SAME BASIS

COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER

CENT IN VOLUME. DURABLES INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER HOWEVER, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DROPPED BY 3 PER IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY IN VALUE BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.

CENT

5 PER CENT

PARTS

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND

PER CENT INCREASED BY 37

IN VALUE AND 30

IN VOLUME. PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT IN SUPERMARKET SALES ROSE BY 31 PER CENT IN VALUE

CENT IN VALUE VOLUME. SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 5 PER BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

/CONSUMER DURABLES