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TABLE TUTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for October 1996 (Provisional Figure) » HK$8,794 million
for September 1989 (Revised Figure)
HK$9,600 sillion
TABLE 2 1 VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES
FOR SEPTEMBER 1988 AND OCTOBER 1998
Monthly average of Oct. 84 - Sept. 83 = 100)
|
Index of
1 October 1988
Iten
Retail Sales
¦ September : October
1988
1988
1 compared with ¦ September 1989 |
October 1998 Jan.-Oct. 1988: compared with 1 compared with October 1987 | Jan.-Oct. 1987 !
1 (Revised ¦ Provisional ¦ Points
figures) ¦ figures)
! Paints
1
Points I
* (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES
Valum
154
157
2 1
Volume
124
127
2
#=
23
27
14
£2
22
13
(B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS
|
Foodstuffs, alcoholic
Value
144
143
28
23
11
10
drinks and tobacco
:
Volume ¦
119
1
:
Fuels
}
Value
107
Valuse
116
Clothing, footwear
#
Value
163
and allied products
Votuse
130
Consumer durables
Value
1&1
!
Voluse
126
ཊྛ -སྶ བཏྭཱ སྶ
121
1 ¦
15
14
111
13
121
16
15
LA DO
147
3
20
21
131
$ 1
13
143
127
1
E%
30
15
23 22
23
26
20
13
12
11
Other consuper goods
Value
Voluse :
25
161
167
19
13
131
135
22
39
32
22
(C) BY SELECTED TRADES
(se note 1 below)
Supermarkets
Valus
183
: Voluse :
155
35
164
: -20
21
137
-17
-11
5
**
15
22
6
4
7
Motor vehicles
Value
283
299
16
104
54:
and parts
Voluse
199
210
10
62
42
BA
68
39
37
27
Consumer durables
Valge
123
12:
other than astor
Volume
103
101
AA
В
13
11
1
5
vehicles and parts
Departeent stores
t
J
Value Volume
161
121
EB
20
194
13
21:
40
26
153
25
20
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MOTES | 1. In order to analyse the sales of certain trades WITHIN major trade groups, the value and volume İnderes
in respect of the following selected trades are compiled I
(a) "Supermarkets" - a trade in the "Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco" grow.
(b) "Motor vehicles and parts* - a trade in the "Consumer durables" group.
(c) "Consumer durables other than motor vehicles and parts" → a trade in the "Consumer durables" group.
[d} "Department stores" a trade in the "Other consumer goods" group.
2. Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded index figures.
3. *** denotes a figure within 10.5.
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