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TABLE 1. - TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for August 1995 (Provisional Figure) = HK$18,193.2 million
for July 1995 (Revised Figure) * HK$17,665.2 million
TABLE 2
_VALUE_ AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR JULY 1995 AND AUGUST 1995
(Monthly average of Oct 89 - Sept 90 = 100)
Index number
Type
Type of Outlet
of
July
index
1995
(Revised
figures)
August 1995 (Provisional
figures)
August 1995 compared with
July 1995
August 1995 compared with August 1994
Jan Aug 1995 compared with Jen "Aug 1994
(Point)
(Point)
(Points) (0
(Points) (X)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
183.1
193.7
+5.6
+3.0
Volume
138.6
142.4
+3.8
+2.7
+8.0 -2.2
(Points) (X)
+4.3 +8.8 +5.0 -1.5 -1.8 -1.3
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS
Food, alcoholic drinks
Value
139.4
148.7
+9.3
and tobacco (other
Volume
100.2
100.3
+0.2
+6.7 +8.1 +0.2 +1.1
+5.8
+6.2
+4.7
+1.1
-2.2
-2.1
than supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Fuels
Value
175.4
177.1
+1.7
+1.0
+20.7
+13.2 +12.0
+7.7
Volume
115.7
116.2
+0.5
+0.2
+5.6
+5.0 -0.1
-0.1
Value
184.9
198.5
+13.6
+7.4
+11.3
+6.0
+11.6 +7.7
Volume
120.9
128.4
+7.5
+6.2
-0.5
-0.4 +0.2 +0.2
Clothing, footwear and
allied products
Value
305.9
315.6
+9.7
+3.2
+19.9
+6.7 +33.7 +13.5
Volume
196.9
208.3
+11.5
+5.8
-0.8
-0.4 +4.9
+13:3
Consumer durable goods
Value
136.7
144.7
+8.0
+5.9
-7.3
Volume
109.7
115.9
+6.2
+5.7
-11.4
-4.8] -20.1 -11.2 -9.0} -22.3 -14.8
Motor vehicles
Value
115.3
120.4
+5.1
-18.7 -13.4 -47.6 -25.8
and parts
Volume
77.0
79.9
+2.9
-19.5
-19.6 -44.5 -32.6
Consumer durable
Value
152.2
182.3
+10.2
goods other than
Volume
133.3
141.9
+8.7
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
163.9
164.4
+0.5
+6.5
+0.3
+6.7 +1.0 -5.6
+0.6 -0.1 -0.1 -3.8 -6.2 -3.8
+6.5
+4.3
Volume
111.6
113.9
+2.3
+2.1 -9.1
-7.4
-5.1
-4.4
Jewellery, watches
Value
167.8
162.7
-5.1
and clocks, and
Volume
153.9
149.7
-4.3
-3.0 -1.4 -2.8 -6.1
-0.8 +8.1 -3.9 +4.7 +2.9
+4.8
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Vatue
249,1
282.5
not elsewhere
Volume
204.2
213.7
+13.4 +9.5
+5.0 +27.9 +4.7 +11.9
+10.9 +30.6 +15.5 +5.9 +15.8 +10.0
classified
NOTE: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.
* denotes a figure within ±0.05,
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.
Endt/Tuesday October 24. 1995