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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR NOVEMBER 1990 RELEASED

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ESTIMATED AT NOVEMBER

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN NOVEMBER 1990, $9,792 MILLION, INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH

ΤΟ ACCORDING 1989 WHILE THEIR VOLUME INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT, PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE CENSUS

THE

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

ARE THE

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

COMPARING

TO

INCREASED WHILE

WITH NOVEMBER 1989, RETAIL SALES OF FUELS BY 29 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME, THAT OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

ON THE

SALES

OF

BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SAME DURABLES WENT UP BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 7 PER CENT VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

CONSUMER IN VOLUME.

IN SALES

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

DURABLES ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER

AND OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 21 PER CENT IN VALUE 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE SUPERMARKETS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN SALES VOLUME.

COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1990 WITH PERIOD IN 1989, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.

THE SAME IN VALUE

FUELS WENT UP BY 22 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT SALES VOLUME. RETAIL

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, TOBACCO ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

IN

AND

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 5 PER VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CENT IN

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 2 VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

PER

CENT IN

/ANALYSED BY