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TABLE 1 A. TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for March 1996 (Provisional Figure) = HK$17,682,3 million
= HK$18,481.9 million
for February 1996 (Revised Figure)
TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLUME. INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR HARCH 1995. FEBRUARY AMO MARCH 1996
(Monthly average of Oct 89 Sept 90 = 100)
Index Number
X Change
Type
Type of Outlet
of
March
February
March
Endex
1995 (Revised
figures)
1996
1996
(Revised
(Provisional
Her 1996 compared with
Mar 1996 compared with
Jan
L
figures)
figures)
Feb 1996
Mar 1995
Jan
+
Har
1996
compared with
Mar 1995
(Point)
(Point)
(Point)
(X)
(X)
(*)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
176.6
196.8
186.3
-4.3
+6.6
+5.4
Volume
136.6
143.1
137.2
-4.1
+0.4
-0.5
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS
Food, alcoholic drinks
and tobacco (other
than supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Value
134.5
146.9
144.3
-1.8
+7.3
+7.5
Volume
97.7
99.0
96.2
-0.7
+0.5
+3.0
Value
156.5
198.6
170.1
-14.3
+8.7
+9.2
Volume
$05.6
127.0
106.3
+16.2
+0.7
+1.2
Fuels
Value
145.4
136.8
149.9
+9.6
+3.1
+7.2
yolume
95.1
87.1
92.9
+6.6
-2.3
+0.7
Clothing, footwear and
Value
238.7
298.0
278.7
-6.5
+16.8
+16.3
allfed products
Volume
166.0
191.3
179.5
-6.2
+8.1
+6.8
Consumer durable goods
Value
154.9
155.7
162.3
+4.2
+4.8
-9.6
Volume
127.3
126.9
129.3
+1.9
+1.6
-9.5
Hotor vehicles
Value
118.9
103.5
132.4
+27.9
+11.3
-32.8
and parts
Volume
79.9
68.0
07.0
+28.0
+9.0
-34.6
Consumer durable
Value
180.9
193.5
184.0
-4.9
+1.7
+6.2
goods other than
Volume
161.7
169.5
159.9
-5.6
-1.1
+3.5
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
145.2
199.9
155.3
-22.3
+7.0
+5.9
Votume
104.5
135.1
104.7
- 22.5
+0.2
-1.2
Jewellery, watches
Value
210.9
209.3
204.5
-2.3
-3.1
+1.4
and clocks, and
Volume
199.3
185.4
183.9
-0.8
-7.8
-4.4
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Value
218.5
219.9
237.5
+8.0
+8.7
+11.0
not elsewhere
Volume
166.7
161.4
173.6
+7.5
+4.2
+6.2
classified
NOTE: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.
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