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THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES IS DERIVED FROM THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AFTER ADJUSTING FOR PRICE CHANGES. THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED AS DEFLATORS.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE SEPTEMBER 1993 RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, WAN CHAI.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED то THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL: 802 1258).
THE REVISED TOTAL
RETAIL SALES TABLE 1 PRESENTS AUGUST 1993 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR SEPTEMBER 1993.
FIGURE FOR
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1993 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL 1990 OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER TAKEN AS 100.
IN
COMPARISONS OF THE SEPTEMBER 1993 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR AUGUST
AS 1993 AND WITH THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER 1992, AS WELL
RETAIL SALES
IN
THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR PERIOD LAST YEAR ARE ALSO GIVEN.
WITH
COMPARISONS OF THE SAME
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