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TABLE 1 : TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for August 1996 (Provisional Figure) = HK$19,148,2 million
= HK$19,049.5 million
for July 1996 (Revised Figure)
TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME CHOICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR AUGUST 1995, JULY AND AUGUST 1996
(Monthly average of October 1994 September 1995 = 100)
-
Index Number
X Change
Туре
Type of Outlets
of
August
Juty
Index
1995
1996
August 1996
(Revised
(Revised
(Provisional
Aug 1996 compared with
Aug 1996
figures)
figures)
figures)
Jut 1996
Jan
compared with Aug 1995
Jan - Aug 1996
compared with
-
Aug 1995
(Point)
(Point)
(Point)
(X)
(*)
(*)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
104.8
109.7
110.3
+0.5
+5.2
+5.7
Volume
103.2
103.9
104.8
+0.9
+1.5
+0.9
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS
Food, alcoholic drinks
Value
106.3
106.1
98.0
-7.6
-7.8
+5.7
and tobacco (other
Volume
99.2
100.8
93.6
-7.1
-5.7
+1.7
than supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Fuels
Value
107.0
113.5
112.5
-0.9
+5.1
+8.0
Volume
104.0
104.4
103.2
-1.2
-0.8
+1.4
Value
122.5
104.8
106.1
+1.3
-13.4
-1.4
Volume
119.0
95.4
97.6
+2.3
-18.0
-8.2
Clothing, footwear and
Value
111.6
115.3
121.1
+5.1
+8.5
+11.3
allied products
Volume
112.2
106.0
113.4
+7.0
+1.1
+3.6
Consumer durable goods
Vatue
86.3
97.7
93.7
-4.1
+2.6
+1.1
Votume
85.6
96.4
92.3
-4.2
+7.9
+0.4
+
Motor vehicles
Value
00.1
103.5
86.7
-16.3
+8.3
-8.4
and parts
Volume
80.0
102.2
85.6
-16.3
+7.0
+8.6
=
Consumer durable
Value
90.1
94.2
98.0
+4.0
+8.7
+6.5
goods other than
Volume
89.0
92.9
96.4
+3.8
+8.3
+5.4
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
103.1
104.7
106.7
+3.8
+5.4
+3.8
Volume
103.0
98.7
103.6
+5.0
+0.7
-1.4
Jewellery, watches
Value
91.6
99.4
95.4
-4.0
+4.2
and clocks, and
Volume
39.7
96.3
91.8
-4.6
+2.3
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods
Value
122.7
130.1
136.9
+5.2
+11.6
not elsewhere
Volume
121.9
123.5
129.8
+5.1
+6.5
+10.1 +5.2
classified
NOTE: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.
The underlined figures were rounded up to 3.
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