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ON THE OTHER HAND, SALES IN SUPERMARKETS RECORDED A SLIGHT DECREASE IN VOLUME BY 1%, DESPITE AN INCREASE IN VALUE BY 7%. SALES IN OTHER FOODSTUFF OUTLETS CONTINUED TO DROP, BY 2% IN VALUE AND 6% IN VOLUME.
COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 19% IN VALUE AND 13% IN VOLUME.
COMPARING WITH JUNE, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JULY INCREASED BY 4% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME.
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CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES ARE DERIVED FROM ON THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AFTER HAVING ADJUSTED FOR PRICE THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE INDICATORS OF PRICE CHANGES.
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THE REPORT CONTAINING DETAILS OF THE JULY FIGURES IS NOW ON SALE AT $1.5 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, WAN CHAI.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE OF THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 802 1258.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JUNE AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JULY.
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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES JUNE AND JULY 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 JULY 1992 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1992 AND JULY 1991, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR ARE ALSO GIVEN.
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