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Area gross sales
follow mixed pattern
According to the most recent estimates
of the Office of the State Comptroller gross sales
of Erath County expanded at a moderate pace
during the first nine months of 1987. Sales in
Hamilton County grew, but gross receipts in
Bosque, Comanche and Eastland Counties
declined.
Led by strong advances of sales in
manufacturing, transportation and public utili-
ties and supported by smaller gains in the
mining, construction, retail trade and service
sectors, Erath County gross sales for the first
three quarters of 1987 expanded by 6.5 percent
over the 1986 pace to total $186.6 million. This
statistic was 7.2 percent above the figure for the
same period of 1985.
Hamilton County reported aggregate
sales of $60. 7 million for the first nine months
of last year. This total was 8.6 percent greater
than the figure for the year before and 27.3
percent above the 1985 pace.
Bosque County noted an 8.3 percent
gross sales decline from the year before to $95.0
million for the January-September span of
1987. Last year's figure was 37.7 percent below
the aggregate for the first nine monthsf of 1985.
In Comanche County gross sales for the first
three quarters of last yearfell 16.5 percent below
the 1986 pace to 88.8 million. This tally was 4.1
percent below the figure for the same period two
years previous. Eastland County also experi-
enced a sales decline in the first three quarters,
from 173.2 million in 1986 to 155.5 million last
year. The 1987 sales pace was 4.2 percent less
than the aggregate for the same period in 1985.
Department of Social Sciences
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas 76402Retail sales flat
Data for the first three quarters of
1987 indicate that retail sales in Erath
County were virtually unchanged from the
year before. Other Cross Timbers counties
were evenly divided between gainers and
losers.
Erath County reported total retail
sales of $120.1 million for the January-Sep-
tember period of last year. This tally was 0.6
percent greater than the year before and 1.2
percent less than the statistic for the same
period in 1985.
In Comanche County, retail sales for
the first three quarters of last year totaled
$42.2 million. This figure was 4.4 percent
above the 1986 level, but was 6.3 percent less
than the pace set in 1985. Hamilton County
experienced an 11.2 percent retail sales gain
to show a total of $30.3 million last year. This
amount was 20.5 percent above the figure for
the same period in 1985.
Bosque County reported retail sales
of $32.5 million for the January-September
span last year. This sum was below both the
$35.6 million noted in the previous year and
the $34.8 millon shown in 1985. Eastland
County also experienced a sales decline,
from $69.0 million in 1986 to $66.6 million
last year. The 1987 aggregate fell even farther
behind the $76.4 million in retail sales noted
in the first nine months of 1985.
Each quarter the Office of the State
Comptroller issues sales estimates for the
period ending five months eariler. Third
quarter, 1987 figures are the latest available.
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