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IN TERMS OF SALES VOLUME, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE AT 14 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY CONSUMER DURABLES (13 PER CENT), FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (6 PER CENT), OTHER CONSUMER GOODS (3 PER CENT) AND FUELS (1 PER CENT).
AN ALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1984 SALES. RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTOR VEHICLES AND DEPARTMENT STORES ALSO RECORDED INCREASES. WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1983- SALES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE
TERMS AND MODERATELY IN VOLUME TERMS, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT STORES AND MOTOR VEHICLES ALSO RECORDED LARGE INCREASES IN VALUE TERMS BUT SMALLER INCREASES IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE REVISED FIGURE FOR APRIL 1984 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR MAY 1984 OF TOTAL SALES ARE PRESENTED BELOW, AND 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, ARE ALSO TABULATED.
COMPARISONS OF MAY 1984 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF APRIL 1994 AND MAY 1983 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAY 1984 SURVEY RESULTS WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1.00 A COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TELEPHONE NO. 3-7216024).
TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR MAY 1984 (PROVISIONAL FIGURE) -HK$5 528 MILLION FOR APRIL 1984 (REVISED FIGURE} -HK$5 364 MILLION
VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR APRIL
AND MAY 1984
(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 - 100)
INDEX OF RETAIL
ITEM
SALES
APRIL 1984
MAY 1984
MAY 1984 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1984
MAY 1984 COMPARED WITH MAY 1983
REVISED
(PROVISIONAL POINTS
% POINTS
%
FIGURES) FIGURES)
(A) FOR ALL
RETAIL
TRADES
VALUE VOLUME
158 110
163
113
UN M
5
3
33 265
7
19 6
/(B) BY MAJOR