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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1991

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES SALES ROSE BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

COMPARING WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR OCTOBER 1990 ROSE BY 4 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF FUELS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT DOWN BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

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

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF SUPERMARKETS WENT DOWN BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR SEPTEMBER 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR OCTOBER 1990.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE. AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN SEPTEMBER 1990 AND OCTOBER 1990 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF OCTOBER 1990 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER 1990 AND WITH THOSE FOR OCTOBER 1989, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, ARE ALSO GIVEN.

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

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 802 1258).

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