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SALES IN SUPERMARKETS ROSE BY 25% IN VALUE AND 16% IN VOLUME WHILE THOSE IN OTHER FOODSTUFF OUTLETS INCREASED BY 29% IN VALUE AND
13% IN VOLUME.
THE INCREASES WERE ALSO ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE HEAVIER BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
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INCREASED
SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES BY 6% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME WHILE SALES OF FUELS WENT UP BY 5% IN VALUE BUT REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.
IN
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1991, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES JANUARY 1992 INCREASED BY 5% IN VALUE AND 6% IN VOLUME.
CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES ARE DERIVED FROM FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AFTER HAVING ADJUSTED FOR PRICE CHANGES. THE INDICATORS OF PRICE CHANGES USED ARE THE RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WHICH CORRESPOND TO THE BROAD CATEGORIES
OF
GOODS IN QUESTION.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JANUARY 1992 RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT $1.5 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND THE PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, WAN CHAI.
AND
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 802 1258).
NOTE TO EDITORS:
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1991 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1992.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN DECEMBER 1991 AND JANUARY 1992 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF JANUARY 1992 RESULTS WITH THOSE
DECEMBER 1991 AND WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY 1991 ARE ALSO
GIVEN.
FOR
TABLE 1