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TABLE 1 # TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for February 1996 (Provisional Figure) = HK$18,517.2 million
for January 1996 (Revised Figure)
HK$19,224.2 million
TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR FEBRUARY 1995, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1996
(Monthly average of Oct 89 Sept 90 = 100)
Index Number
* Change
Туре
Type of Outlet
of
February
Index
1995 (Revised
January
1996
February
(Revised
1996 (Provisional
figures)
figures)
figures)
Feb 1996 compared with Jan 1996
Feb 1996 Jan compared with Feb 1995
Jan
Feb 1996 compared with Feb 1995
(Point)
(Point)
(Point)
(X)
(*)
(X)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
163.1
204.7
197.2
-3.7
+20.9
+4.9
Volume
125.8
149.3
143.4
-3.9
+14.0
-0.9
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS
Food, alcoholic drinks
and tobacco (other
than supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Value
122.5
146.9
146.9
+19.9
+7.6
Volume
88.2
105.6
99.0
-6.3
+12.2
+4.2
Value
134.0
164.
198.6
+21,0
+48.2
+9.5
Volume
91.4
105.1
127.0
+20.8
+38.9
+1.4
fuels
Value
119.2
154.3
136.8
-11.4
+14.8
+9.8
Volume
81.0
98.3
87.1
-11.4
+7.5
+2.2
Clothing, footwear and
allied products
Value
195.6
376.5
296.0
-20.9
+52.3
+16.2
Volume
136.0
236.4
191.3
- 19.1
+40.6
+6.3
Consumer durable goods
Value
189.5
166.2
156.7
-5.7
-17.3
-15.3
Volume
148.2
134.4
127.7
-4.9
- 13.8
-13.8
J
Motor vehicles
Value
225.1
113.2
105.5
-8.6
-54.0
-45.8
and parts
Volume
151.4
74.2
68.0
-8.4
+55.1
-47,4
·
Consumer durable
Value
163.8
204.6
195.2
-4.6
+19.2
+8.9
goods other than
Volume
145.9
177.9
170.9
-3.9
+17.2
+6.2
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
142.7
182.0
199.9
+9.8
+40.1
+5.5
Volume
103.4
121.5
135.1
+11.2
+30.7
-2.1
Jewellery, watches
Value
174.2
202.1
209.3
+3.6
+20.2
+3.7
and clocks, and
Volume
166.2
182.9
185.4
+1.4
+11.5
-2.6
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Vatue
186.7
249.0
221.3
-11.1
+18.6
+12.5
not elsewhere
Votume
144.1
185.2
162.5
- 12.3
+12.7
+7.5
classified
NOTE: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.
# denotes a figure within 10.05.
The underlined figure was rounded up to 5.
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