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WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1983, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS AND MODERATELY IN VOLUME TERMS.
SUPERMARKETS AND DEPARTMENT STORES GOODS AS WELL AS CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES ALSO RECORDED LARGE INCREASES IN VALUE TERMS BUT SMALLER INCREASES IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE REVISED FIGURE FOR MARCH 1984 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR APRIL 1984 OF TOTAL SALES ARE PRESENTED IN THE TABLE BELOW.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE APRIL 1984 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS, DEPARTMENT ON
-7216024.
TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR APRIL 1984 (PROVISIONAL FIGURE) - HK$ 5 402
MILLION FOR MARCH 1984 (REVISED FIGURE) HK$5 346
VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR MARCH AND APRIL 1984
R
ITEM
INDEX OF RETAIL
SALES
(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 - 100)
MARCH APRIL
1984
1984
MILLION
APRIL 1934 COMPARED AL
APRIL 1984
COMPARED WITH
MARCH 1984
APRIL 1
%
POINTS
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(A) FOR ALL
RETAIL TRADES
(REVISED (PROVIS POINTS FIGURES) IONAL
FIGURES)
VALUE
157
159
VOLUME
111
111
(B) BY
MAJOR
TRADE
GROUPS
2
N*
Ж
27
9
20
DRINKS AND
VALUE
168
171
3
TOBACCO
VOLUME
109
110
1
HN
2
23
1
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