TABLE 1
Total Retail Sales for March
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1988
25
: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
1998 (Provisional Figure) = HK$7,885 million
for February 1988 (Revised Figure)
+ HK$8,437 million
TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDEIES OF RETAIL SALES
FOR FEBRUARY 1988 AND MARCH 1988
Monthly average of Oct. 84
-
Sept. 85 =
1001
:
Index of }
¦ March
1988
March
1988: Jan.
Mar. 1988
[tes
Retail
Sales
1
February 1988
Harch 1989
compared with
compared with
compared with
+
Mar. 1987 |
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES
1
February 1968 ¦ March 1987 | Jan.
(Revised ¦ (Provisional ¦ Points 1 ¦ Paints 1
figures) 1 figures)
Points
: Value
Volune
150
LSL
#
141
130
121
-10
우우
-10
-}
(B) BY MAJOR TRADE BROUPS
1
Foodstuffs, alcoholic
Value
132
117
-14
drinks and tobacco
Volume
117
104
-13
==
==
-11
-S
:
XX
24
12
21 ¦ 29
11:
24
2
16
14
t
¦
i+
4 t
10
-
1
Fuels
Value
95
93
Volume
103
100
77
-2
+ *
Clothing, footwear
Value
184
136
-48
and allied products
Volume
157
114
-43
-26 1 -21:
27
10
-2
ON
-2 1
12 19
43
34
25
S2
22
Consumer durables
Value
152
145
Volume
125
120
**
41 28
24
31
27
1 16
15
IB
18
}
Other consumer goods
Value
162
141
2
-
42
17
31
Valune
138
136
+2
-2
27
25 1
23
21
(C) BY SELECTED TRADES
(see note 1 below)
Supermarkets
Value
176
142
-34
-19 ¦
15
Voluce
138
125
-33
-21:
5
12 } 21
44
15
10
В
#
Motor vehicles
Value
226
195
-31
-14
46
31 1 63
44
and parts
Volume
165
141
-24
-14:
21
18 ¦ 36
31
:
Consumer durables
Value
129
130
23
21
21
20
other than notor
Volume
113
113
14
14 ¦
13
13
vehicles and parts
Departuent stores
Value } Voluse
190
164
:
-26
-14
41
40
164
138
-26
-16 1 43
46 1
34
63
54
44
41
1
NOTES: 1. In order to analyse the sales of certain trades WITHIN major trade groups, the value and volume indexes
in respect of the following selected trades are compiled :
(a) "Supermarkets' - a trade in the "Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco' groep.
(b) "Motor vehicles and parts"
+
a trade in the "Consumer durables" group.
(c) "Consumer durables other than aotor vehicles and parts' - a trade in the "Consumer durables' group.
(d) "Department stores' a trade in the 'Other consumer goods' group,
2. Figures denating changes are derived from the unrounded index Figures.
3. *t* denotes change of less than 0.5.
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