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FUELS, THOUGH RECORDING AN INCREASE OF 15 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS, DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES WERE, HOWEVER, LOWER BY TWO PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS OR FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, DEPARTMENT STORES, SUPERMARKETS AND THE MOTOR VEHICLE TRADE SHOWED SLIGHT DECLINES IN RETAIL SALES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1983.
WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1982, SUPERMARKETS, HOWEVER, RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME OF SALES. DEPARTMENT STORES HAD A SIGNIFICANT FISE IN VALUE BUT A MODERATE INCREASE IN VOLUME OF SALES. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS,
TABLES 1 AND 2 PRESENT THE REVISED FIGURES FOR MARCH 1983 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR APRIL 1983 OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES, AND OF RETAIL SALES VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS).
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES IN 1980 ARE TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISON OF THE APRIL RESULTS WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING MONTH AND OF THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTIC SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TEL. NO.: 3-7:16024.
TABLE 1 1 VALUE INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR
MARCH AND APRIL 1983
(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 100)
APRIL 1983
ITEM
MARCH 1983
APRI 1983
COMPARED WITH
APRIL 1983 COMPARED WITH
MARCH 1983
APRIL 1982
(REVISED
FIGURES)
(PROVISIONA .
FIGURES)
POINTS
%
POINTS
%
TOTAL RETAIL SALES (HK$
MILLION)
4 376
4 424
RETAIL SALES
VALUE INDEXES.
(1) FOR ALL
RETAIL TRADES
129
130
1
1
12
10
/(II) BY