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COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1982, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS, THOSE OF FUELS BY 17 PER CENT, THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO BY 14 PER CENT, THOSE OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS BY 12 PER CENT, AND THOSE OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS BY 9 PER CENT, IN VOLUME TERMS, SALES INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER DURABLES, 2 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO, 2 PER CENT FOR FUELS AND 1 PER CENT FOR OTHER CONSUMER GOODS. BUT SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS IN VOLUME TERMS DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES AT DEPARTMENT STORES AND SUPERMARKETS AND OF MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1983. WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1982, RETAIL SALES AT SUPERMARKETS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUË TERMS BUT TO A LESSER EXTENT IN VOLUME TERMS. DEPARTMENT STORES SHOWED AN INCREASE IN SALES VALUE BUT A MARGINAL DECLINE IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS BUT DECREASED MODERATELY IN VOLUME TERMS.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER 1983 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1983 OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES.
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 DECEMBER 1983 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF NOVEMBER 1983 AND DECEMBER 1982 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE WITH THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 3-7216024.
TABLE 1 # TOTAL RETAIL SALES
TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR DECEMBER 1983 (PROVISIONAL
FIGURE)
HK$5 402 MILLION
FOR NOVEMBER 1983 (REVISED
FIGURE)
HK$5 360 MILLION
TABLE 2: