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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1994
SALES OF FOODSTUFFS (OTHER THAN THOSE SOLD IN SUPERMARKETS) WENT UP MODERATELY, BY 4% IN VALUE AND 7% IN VOLUME.
THE
THE LARGER INCREASE IN VOLUME TERMS WAS DUE TO A FALL IN PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS CAUSED BY A HIGH BASE OF COMPARISON IN JANUARY 1993.
THIS WAS AFFECTED BY THE TIMING OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY LAST YEAR, BUT IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SALES IN SUPERMARKETS DROPPED BY 4% IN VOLUME, DESPITE AN INCREASE OF 2% IN VALUE. SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES REGISTERED A 6% DECREASE IN VOLUME BUT VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE IN VALUE. SALES OF FUELS DECREASED BY 6% IN VALUE AND 8% IN VOLUME.
COMPARED WITH DRCEMBER 1993, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JANUARY 1994 INCREASED BY 2% IN VALUE AND 4% IN VOLUME.
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 JANUARY 1994 RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT $3 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, WANCHAL TOWER, WAN CHAI.
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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 802 1258.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1993 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1994.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES IN DECEMBER 1993 AND JANUARY 1994 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 ΤΟ SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF JANUARY 1994 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1993 AND WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY 1993 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
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