SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1984
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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES IN 1980 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF THE NOVEMBER RESULTS WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING MONTH AND THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982 ARE ALSO GIVEN. ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TEL. NO. 3-7216024.
TABLE 1 1 TOTAL RETAIL SALES
TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR NOVEMBER 1983
(REVISED FIGURE) HK$5 057 MILLION
(PROVISIONAL FIGURE) FOR OCTOBER 1983
·
HK$5 089 MILLION
TABLE 2:
VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1983
(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 - 100)
ITEM
INDEX OF RETAIL SALES
OCT 1983
NOV 1983
NOV 1983 COMPARED WITH OCT 1983
NOV 1983
COMPARED WITH
NOV 1982
(REVISED (PROVISIONAL POINTS % POINTS $
FIGURES) FIGURES)
(A) FOR ALL
RETAIL
VALUE
149
150
1
VOLUME
106
106
SAME
TRADES
(B) BY MAJOR
TRADE
GROUPS
1
18
14
SAME SAME SAME
FOODSTUFFS,
VALUE
150
148
ALCOHOLIC
VOLUME
97
99
མས
-2
18
14
2
1
1
DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
FUELS
VALUE
198
192
VOLUME
125
122
CLOTHING,
VALUE
158
168
.10
FOOTWEAR
VOLUME
115
117
Nö já
32
20
-3
-2
5
2
NO C
6
Q+ um
+3
AND ALLIED
PRODUCTS
CONSUMER
VALUE
126
122
DURABLES
VOLUME
96
93
10
-3
-3
-3
=3 11
OTHER
VALUE
152
155
3
2
CONSUMER
VOLUME
112
112
SAME
SAME
#1 2°
サー
サー
9†
10
21
16
GOODS
(C) BY SELECTED