THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993
TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for January 1993 (Provisional Figure)
for December 1992 (Revised Figure)
- HK$15,758.9 million
- HK$15,635.8 million
TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR December 1992 AKD January 1993
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(Monthly average of Oct. 89 Sept. 90 = 100)
Item
Index of Retail Sales
January 1993
December
1992
January
1993
compared with December 1992
January 1993 compared with
January 1992
Points
(Revised
figures)
(Provisional
figures)
Points
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
166.5
167.8
Volume
143.8
145.0
+1.3 +0.8 +1.2 +0.9
+16.4 +10.9
+7.4
+5.4
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET
Foodstuffs, alcoholic
Value
130.9
134.5
+3.6
+2.7
+4.7
+3.7
drinks and tobacco
Votume
111.6
104.7
-7.0 -6.2
-5.3
-4.8
(other than
supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Value
140.3
160.2
Volume
112.4
128.0
+19.9 +14.2 +15.6 +13.8
+35.1 +28.0
+21.0 +19.6
Fuels
Value
155.1
139.8
Volume
117.2
105.9
-15.3 -11.3 -9.7
-9.9
+8.4 +6.4 +2.9 +2.8
Clothing, footwear and
Value
212.9
246.6
+33.7 +15.8
+60.8 +32.7
allied products
Volume
167.4
204.0
+36.6 +21.9
+37.5 +22.5
Consumer durable goods *
Value
166.8
160.2
-6.7 -4.0
+2.0 +1.3
Volume
147.8
143.1
-4.6 -3.1
-1.4 -0.9
Hotor vehicles
Value
192.6
165.2
-27.4 -14.2
-30.8 -15.7
and parts
Volume
158.7
135.8
-22.9 -14.4
-34.7 -20.4
Consumer durable
Value
148.1
156.5
+8.3
+5.6
+25.8 +19.7
goods other than
Volume
139.9
148.5
+8.6 +6.1
+22.8 +18.1
motor vehicles
end parts
Department stores
Value
170.2
188.3
Volume
137.9
158.4
+18.1 +10.6 +20.4 +14.8
+25.8 +15.9
+11.6 +7.9
Jewellery, watches
Value
162.3
149.6
and clocks, and
Volume
$72.0
158.8
-12.7 -7.8 -13.2 -7.7
+13.3 +9.0 +15.5 +10.8
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Value
186.5
158.3
-28.2 -15.1
not elsewhere
Volume
157.9
133.8
-24.1
-15.2
-7.8 -15.8 -10.6
-4.7
classified
HOTE : * This covers both "Motor vehicles and parts" and "Consumer durable goods other than motor vehicles and parts".
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