THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3,
1992
TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for September 1992 (Provisional Figure)
for August 1992 (Revised Figure)
= HK$13,941,4 million
* HK$14,483.2 million
TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR AUGUST. 1992 AND SEPTEMBER 1992
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(Honthly average of Oct. 89 Sept. 90 = 100)
Item
Index of Retail Sales
September 1992
September 1992
Jan-Sep 1992
August 1992
September
1992
compared with
compared with
compared with
August
1992 September 1991
Jan-Sep 1991
(Revised
(Provisional
Points
*
Pointe
Points
figures)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
figures}
Volue
154.2
148.5
-5.8
-3.7
+22.3 +17.7
+22.0 +18.9
Volume
136.0
129.6
-6.4
-4.7
+13.1 +11,3
+13.9 +12.8
(8) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET
Foodstuffs, alcoholic
drinks and tobacco
(other than
supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Value
120.8
123.3
+2.5
+2.1
+5.2 +4.4
+5.4
+4.8
Volume
102.7
99.5
-3.2 -3.2
-2.7 -2.7
-2.6
-2.6
Value
133.0
136.8
Volume
107.8
110.5
+3.9 +2.9 +2.8 +2.6
+13.0 +10.5
+2.7
+2.5
+12.2
+10.5
+2.1
+2.0
Fuels
Value
146.2
151.0
+4.8 +3.3
Volume
111.8
115.6
+3.8 +3.4
+23.7 +18.6 +11.3 +10.8
+11.7
+2.4 +2.4
+9.6
Clothing, footwear and
Value
173.6
149.7
allied products
Volume
145.8
123.9
-23.9 -13.8 -21.9 -15.0
+37.2 +33.1 +20.3 +19.6
-14
+24.7 +13.4
Consumer durable goods *
Value
183.5
182.8
Volume
165.8
162.8
-0.7
-0.4 -3.0 -1.8
+38.7 +26.9 +29.3 +22.0
+40.3 +33.0
+31.7 +27.6
Motor vehicles
Value
204.4
234.2
+29.8 +14.6
+77.8 +49.7
+73.8 +62.3
and parts
Volume
172.4
196.1
+23.8 +13.8
+57.8 +41.8
+56.5 +52.8
Consumer durable
Value
168.4
145.7
goods other than
Volume
161.0
138.7
-22.8 -13.5 -22.3 -13.8
+10.4 +7.7
+8.7 +6.7
+16.0 +12.8 +13.7 +11.4
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
149.4
125.0
Volume
128.3
105.0
-24.4 -16.3 -23.3 -18.2
+15.0 +13.6 +3.6 +3.6
+17.8 +16.2 +6.8 +6.6
Jewellery, watches
Value
146.0
146.6
and clocks, and
Volume
150.4
153.9
+0.6
+0.4 +3.5 +2.3
+10.8 +8.0 +13.7 +9.8
+21.4 +18.7 +26.7 +23.6
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Value
162.9
not elsewhere
Volume
141.0
159.4 136.4
-3.5 -2.1 -4.7 -3.3
+30.9 +24.0 +22.6 +18.8 +18.4 +15.6 +10.8 +9.5
classified
NOTE :
* This covers both "Motor vehicles and parts" and "Consumer durable goods other than motor vehicles and parts".
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