TABLE-Czech Q1 service sales up 8.4 pct yr/yr

...   Q4 06     Q1 06     2006 
SERVICE SALES                 8.4       6.3       4.9      5.0 
 Retail sales                 9.4       6.6       6.9      6.5 
 Restaurant and 
  accommodation sales         3.0       1.6      -4.1      0.0 
 Transport sales             12.2      11.2       5.1      5.3 
 Communications sales         4.8       4.6       3.8      3.1 
 Computer and related 
  activites sales             9.3       9.9       5.5      9.4 
 Other business service       3.3       1.7      -0.1      0.4 
 Other services              -1.5      -0.9      -3.6     -2.3 
    NOTE. All data are subject to further revision. Data for 
fourth were revised. 
    The CSU stopped releasing monthly data for sales in the 
service sector as of January 2002. These data are now issued 
quarterly. Retail sales data are still released monthly. 
  
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
  
  
  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/SERVICES  
    

[Reuters/Finance.cz]