TABLE 2
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TABLE 1
: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for April 1996 (Provisional Figure) = HK$16,704,4 million
= HK$17,690,9 million
for March 1996 (Revised Figure)
: VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR APRIL 1995, MARCH AND APRIL 1996
(Honthly average of Oct 94 - Sept 95 = 100)
Index Number
* Change
Type
Type of Outlet
of
Index
April 1995 (Revised
March
April
1996
1996
(Revised
(Provisional
Apr 1996 compared with
figures)
figures)
figures)
Mar 1996
Apr 1996 compared with Apr 1995
Jan
T
Apr 1996 compared with
Jan - Apr 1995
(Point)
(Point)
(Point)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
91.5
101.9
96.2
-5.6
+5.2
+5.3
Volume
90.5
98.4
90.8
-7.7
+0.3
+0.2
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS
Food, alcoholic drinks
and tobacco (other
than supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Fuels
Value
100.8
104.4
109.5
+4.8
+8.7
+8.1
Volume
101.2
98.8
101.6
+2.9
+0.4
+3.3
Value
92.8
102.8
98.5
-4.2
+6.1
+8.5
Volume
92.4
95.8
91.9
-4.1
-0.5
+1.3
Value
98.2
92.5
97.9
+5.8
-0.3
+5.3
Volume
96.6
85.6
90.0
+5.2
-6.8
-1.4
Clothing, footwear and
Value
93.8
98.6
101.6
+3.1
+8.3
+14.4
allied products
Volume
91.0
97.3
92.1
-5.4
+1.2
+6.1
Consumer durable goods
Value
89.8
96.4
96.9
+0.5
+8.0
-5.9
Volume
89.4
95.3
96.1
+0.8
+7.4
-6.6
-
Motor vehicles
Value
69.9
86.9
79.2
-8.8
+13.4
-25.3
and parts
Volume
69.2
86.2
78.6
-8.9
+13.5
-25.1
-
Consumer durable
Value
101.8
102.1
107.6
+5.3
+5.7
+6.1
goods other than
Volume
101.7
100.8
106.6
+5.8
+4.9
+4.7
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
90.2
97.4
86.1
-11.6
+4.5
+3.6
Volume
88.3
95.5
800.3
-15.9
-9.1
-1.8
Jewellery, watches
Value
83.9
115.1
84.3
-26.8
+0.5
+1.2
and clocks, and
Volume
83.3
110.0
80.6
-26.7
-3.2
-4.6
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Value
90.7
103.2
96.7
-4.3
+8.8
+10.5
not elsewhere
Volume
90.5
99.0
94.3
-4.8
+4.2
+5.8
classified
NOTE: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.
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