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Table 1 presents the revised total retail sales figure for June 1996 and the provisional figure for July 1996.
Table 2 shows the value and volume indices of retail sales in July 1995, June 1996 and July 1996 for all retail outlets and by type of retail outlets, with average retail sales from October 1994 to September 1995 taken as 100.
Comparisons of the July 1996 results with those for June 1996 and those for July 1995, as well as comparison of retail sales in the period from January to July of 1996 with the same period in 1995 are also given.
The report containing the analysis of the July 1996 results is now on sale at $4 per copy at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, ground floor, Low Block, 66 Queensway; and the Publications Unit of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai.
Enquiries about the survey results may be directed to the Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on 2802 1258.