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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.
Table 1 presents the revised total retail sales figure for December 1994 and the provisional figure for January 1995.
Table 2 shows the value and volume indices of retail sales in December 1994 and January 1995 for all retail outlets and by type of retail outlet, with average retail sales from October 1989 to September 1990 taken as 100. Comparisons of the January 1995 results with those for December 1994 and those for January 1994 are also given.
The report containing the analysis of the January 1995 results is now on sale at $4 per copy at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, Ground Floor, 66 Queensway; and the Publications Section of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th Floor, Wanchai Tower, Wan Chai.
Enquiries about the survey results may be directed to the Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department (Telephone 2802 1258).