TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1992
TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for August 1992 (Provisional Figure) HK$14,478.3 million
for July 1992 (Revised Figure) = HK$13,584.2 million
TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR JULY 1992 AND AUGUST 1992
(Monthly average of Oct. 89 Sept. 90= 100)
Index of
Item
Retail Sales
July 1992
August 1992
August 1992 compared with July 1992
August 1992 compared with August 1991
Jan-Aug 1992
compared with Jen-Aug 1991
(Revised
figures)
(Provisional
figures)
Points X
Points X
Points X
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
144.6
154.2
Volume
127.5
136.0
+9.5 +6.6 +8.4 +6.6
+24.1 18.6 +15.6 +13.0
+21.9 +19.0 +14.0 +13.0
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET
NOTE :
Foodstuffs, alcoholic
drinks and tobacco
(other than
supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Value
114.8
120.3
Volume
96.1
102.3
+5.6 +4.9 +6.2 +6.5
+6.3 +5.5 +3.8
+5.4
+4.9
+3.9
-2.7
-2.7
Value
129.2
133.0
43.8
+3.0
+11.0
+9.0
+12.1
+10.5
Volume
105.2
107.8
+2.6
+2.5
+1.3 +1.2
+2.0
+2.0
Fuels
Value
141.2
146.2
+5.0
+3.6
+20.0 +15.9
+10.2
+8.5
Volume
108.0
111,8
+3.8 +3.5
+8.2 +7.9
+1.3
+1.3
Clothing, footwear and
Value
155.4
173.6
allied products
Volume
129.2
145.8
+18.2 +11.7 +16.6 +12.8
+36.3 +26.4 +17.8 +13.9
+28.4 +14.2
+23.7
+12.7
Consumer durable goods
Value
164.9
183.5
+18.7 +11.3
Volume
148.8
165.8
+17.0 +11.4
+34.6 +23.3 +27.0 19.5
+40.5 +33.9 +32.0 +28.5
Motor vehicles
Value
187.8
204.4
+16.6 +8.8
and parts
Volume
159.2
172.4
+13.2 +8.3
+52.5 +34.5 +37.6 +27.9
+73.4 +64.4 +56.4 +54.6
Consumer durable
Value
148.2
168.4
goods other than
Volume
141.3
161.0
+20.2 +13.6 +19.7 +13.9
+21.7 +14.8 +19.3 +13.6
+16.7 +14.3 +12.0
+13.5
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Vatue
133.1
149.4
Votume
113.2
128.3
+16.3 +12.3 +15.1 +13.3
+24.8 +19.9 +11.2 +9.6
+18.1 +7.2
+16.5 +7.0
Jewellery,
watches
Value
144.5
146.0
and clocks, and
Volume
151.0
150.4
+1.5 +1.1 -0.6 -0.4
+14.8 +11.3 +18.2 +13.8
+22.7 +20.4 +28.3 +25.8
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Valve
162.1
not elsewhere
Volume
140.3
162.9 141.0
+0.8 +0.5 +0.7 +0.5
+37.9 +30.3 +25.2 +21.7
+18.1 +21.6
+9.8 +8.7
classified
This covers both "Motor vehicles and parts" and "Consumer durable goods other than motor vehicles and parts".
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