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MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1993

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ABOUT THE ENQUIRIES

SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 802 1258.

CENSUS AND

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE APRIL 1993 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR MAY 1993.

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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES IN APRIL AND MAY 1993 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF THE MAY 1993 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1993 AND WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1992, AS WELL AS COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MAY OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992 ARB ALSO GIVEN.

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