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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1991

PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR OCTOBER RELEASED

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THE

$9,736 MILLION, 1989 WHILE

PROVISIONAL

VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN OCTOBER 1990,

INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED THEIR VOLUME INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT, RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY

CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

ESTIMATED AT OCTOBER TO THE

WITH ACCORDING (SATURDAY) BY THE

VALUES

CHANGES IN VOLUMES OF RETAIL SALES REFER TO CHANGES IN OF RETAIL SALES AFTER DISCOUNTING THE ESTIMATED CHANGES IN PRICES.

ARE THE THE

THE INDICATORS OF PRICE CHANGES USED FOR THE PURPOSE RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WHICH CORRESPOND TO BROAD CATEGORY OF GOODS IN QUESTION.

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COMPARING WITH OCTOBER 1989, RETAIL SALES OF FUELS ROSE BY PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF ALCOHOLIC

FOODSTUFFS, DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND PER CENT IN VOLUME.

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CONSUMER IN VOLUME.

IN SALES.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF DURABLES WENT UP BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 7 PER CENT VALUE BUT DROPPED SLIGHTLY BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE. AFTER DISCOUNTING THE ESTIMATED INCREASE IN PRICES, THERE A DECLINE

WAS OF 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME, LARGELY DUE TO THE RETAIL SALES OF JEWELLERY, WATCHES AND CLOCKS.

DECREASE IN

DURABLES VALUE

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT IN AND 20 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 14 CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

PER

RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS AND "MOTOR VEHICLES WENT UP BY 5 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE WENT DOWN BY 5 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME.

AND

PARTS" BUT

COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1990

PERIOD

WITH THE SAME IN 1989, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.

VALUE

IN

FUELS WENT UP BY 22 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC TOBACCO ROSE BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

DRINKS AND

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE OF CLOTHING,

SALES FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 5 PER VALUE BUT WENT DOWN BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CENT IN

CENT IN

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 2 PER VALUE. THERE WAS, HOWEVER, A DECLINE OF 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME, DUE TO THE DECREASE IN RETAIL SALES OF JEWELLERY, WATCHES AND CLOCKS.

LARGELY

/ANALYSED BY