THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1990
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR MAY RELEASED
AT
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN MAY 1990, ESTIMATED
MAY 1989 $9,329 MILLION, INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH WHILST
VOLUME DECREASED THEIR
BY 1 PER
ΤΟ CENT, ACCORDING
THE
RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY PROVISIONAL
(THURSDAY} BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,
PER
SALES
COMPARING WITH MAY 1989, RETAIL SALES OF FUELS ROSE BY 10 CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE RETAIL OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ON THE SAMB BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF
WENT
CENT IN UP BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER DURABLES
PER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 5 FOOTWEAR CLOTHING, SALES VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
CENT
CONSUMER
VOLUME.
IN
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT IN
VALUE BUT FELL BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CONSUMER
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME. DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
PER
VOLUME.
INCREASED BY VOLUME.
SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND
IN CENT
RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR
AND VEHICLES 7 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED
3
PARTS
IN
COMPARING
IN
1989, DECREASED
TOTAL
IN
VALUE
PERIOD BUT CENT IN SALES OF VALUE
THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MAY 1990 WITH THE SAME RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 16 PER SALES VALUE BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN SALES VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND PRODUCTS DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE CORRESPONDING DECREASES FOR CONSUMER DURABLES 3 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT.
ALLIED SALES
WERE
SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN BUT WENT DOWN BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
VALUE
/ANALYSED BY
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