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TABLE 1
TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for May
for April 1996 (Revised figure)
1996 (Provisional Figure) » HK$17,837.1 million
HK$16,827.5 million
TABLE 2 = VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR NAY 1995. APRIL AND MAY 1996
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(Monthly average of Oct 94 Sept 95 = 100)
Index Number
X Change
Туре
Type of Outlet
of
May
April
Index
1995
1996
May 1996
(Revised
(Revised
(Provisional
figures)
figures)
figures)
May 1996 compared with Apr 1996
May 1996 compared with
G
Jan May 1996
compared
with
May 1995
Jan
May 1995
(Point)
(Point)
(Point)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
98.2
96.9
102.7
+6.0
+4.7
+5.3
Volume
96.4
91.4
96.3
+5.3
-0.1
+0.3
(B) BY TYPE OF RETALL OUTLETS
Food, alcoholic drinks
and tobacco (other
than supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Value
101.7
110.6
110.2
-0.4
+8.3
+8.4
volume
103.7
102.6
106.6
+3.8
+2.8
+3.4
Value
97.3
98.8
106.0
+7.3
+8.9
+8.6
Volume
96.1
92.1
98.7
+7.1
+2.6
+1.6
Fuels
Value
104.7
99.2
104.6
+5.4
-0.1
Volume
103.0
91.3
95.2
+4.3
-7.6
-2.8
Clothing, footwear and
allied products
Value
107.3
102.6
117.2
+14.2
+9.2
+13.4
Volume
101.9
92.9
102.9
+10.8
+1.0
+5.2
Consumer durable goods
Value
92.0
97.9
96.7
-1.2
+5.0
-3.7
Volume
91.4
97.0
95,5
-1.5
+4.5
-4.4
Motor vehicles
Value
78.5
79.7
86.0
+7.9
+9.5
-19.6
and parts
Volume
78.2
79.0
85.4
+8.1
+9.2
-19.5
Consumer durable
Value
100.2
108.9
103.1
-5.2
+2.9
+5.7
goods other than
Volume
99.4
107.9
101.6
-5.8
+2.2
+4.4
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
97.0
86.1
94.5
+9.8
-2.5
+2.4
Volume
93.4
80.3
26.3
+7.5
-7.6
-2.9
Jewellery, watches
Value
98.2
84.8
95.2
+12.2
-3.1
+0.5
and clocks, and
Volume
96.7
81.1
91.6
+13.0
-5.2
-4.6
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Value
92.8
99.6
100.5
+0.9
+8.3
+10.2
not elsewhere
Volume
92.4
95.1
95.4
+0.3
+3.3
+5.5
classified
NOTE : Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.
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