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1 # TOTAL, RETAIL BALES
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1987
Total Retail Sales for May 1987 (Provisional Figure) = HK$6 632 million for April 1987 (Roviand Figure) = 16 307 million
TABLE 2 :
VALUE AND VOLIME INDEEDS OF RETAIL SALES FOR APRIL AND HAT 1987.
( Honthly average of Dot. 84 Sept. 85. 100)
-
Index of
Item
Retail Salow
April 1987
May 1987
May 1987 compared with
April 1987
May 1987 compared with
May 1986
(Raviand
figuras)
(Provision]| figures)
Pointe
Pointe
(A)
FOR ALL, RUPAIL TRADE
Value
113
118
Tolume
103
107
March May 1987
compared with March Kay 1986
—
Pointe
* 14
+ 16
+6
+ 15
*
+ 8
+
*
(2)
BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS
Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco
Value
113
114
1
+ 10
Volume
109
110
+ 1
+
1
*
Fuelo
Value
94
94
·
+
*
+
+
5
+
5
6
+
Volume
104
105
+
Clothing,
Value
132
143
+ 11
8
+ 28
+24
* 23
+ 21
footwear and
allied products
Volwer
116
123
7
6
+18
+ 17
+ 15
+14
Consumer durables
119
127
+
+
7
+ 20
+ 18
+19
+ 18
Volume
105
110
6
+ 10
* 10
+10
* 10
Other conaUBOT goods
Va2un
108
114
+ 17
+ 17
+16
. 16
Volume
97
100
+
7
+
*
8
*
01
8
(0)
BY SELECTED TRADES
Supermarkete
Value
122
125
+
3
• 20
* 18
+ 20
• 19
Volume
115
118
*
Motor vehicles
Vol40
166
163
and parta
Volume
133
127
I
I
+
*
I
2
+ 15
*
14
15
+ 15
2
+42
+ 35
+49
+44
5 + 23
+ 22
+ 30
+31
Consumer durables
Value
104
116
+ 12
* 12
+13
•
12
+10
* 10
other than motot vehicles and parts
Volume
96
105
+
* 10
+
+1
7
Department stores
Value
104
122
+
*
* 17
⚫ 20
+21
Volume
92
106
+ 13
+ 15
+ 25
+ 31
+14
16
Noten 1
2.
1. "Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobecoo" includes "supermarkets".
"Consumer durablan" lacluden "motor vehicles and parte".
3. "Other consumer goods” includes "department stores",
4. Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded index figures.
• denotes change of loss than 0.5.
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