SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1983
TABLES 1 AND 2 PRESENT THE REVISED FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1982 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR JANUARY 1983 OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES, AND OF RETAIL SALES VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES BY SELECTED TRADES AND MAJOR TRADE GROUPS.
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES IN 1980 ARE TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF THE JANUARY 1983 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING MONTH AND OF THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982 ARE ALSO GIVEN,
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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TEL. NO. 3-7216024.
TABLE 1 VALUE INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR
JANUARY 1983 AND DECEMBER 1982
(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 = 100)
JAN 1983
COMPARED
DEC 1982
JAN 1983
WITH DEC 1982
JAN 1983 COMPARED WITH JAN 1982*
ITEM
(REVISED
(PROVISIONAL
PTS
%
PTS
%
FIGURES)
FIGURES)
TOTAL RETAIL SALES
4 750
4 617
(HK$ MILLION)
RETAIL SALES VALUE INDEXES:
(1) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES
140
136
3
5
(11) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO
143
149
+6
FUELS
168
162
-
ON
+1
6
#
+15
+10
CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR
AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
172
177
+ 5 + 3
1
-
- 1
CONSUMER GOODS
144
129
-15 -10
-
8
-
6
CONSUMER DURABLES
109
113
+4
-26 -19
(111) BY SELECTED TRADES
MOTOR VEHICLES
55
65
+10
+18 -46 -41
DEPARTMENT STORES
173
163
-10
6
AU
SUPERMARKETS
192
192
SAME SAME -13
6
* FINAL REVISED ESTIMATES
/TABLE 2