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TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for December 1996 (Provisional Figure) = HK$22,033.8 million
for November 1996 (Revised Figure)
HK$16,409.0 million
TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLINE THOICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR DECEMBER 1995. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1996
(Monthly average of October 1994
September 1995 = 100)
Index Number
X Change
Type
Type of Outlets
of
December
November
Index
1995 (Revised
1996
(Revised
December
1996 (Provisional
Dec 1996 compared with
Dec 1996 Jan compared with
Dec 1996
compared with
-
figures)
figures)
figures)
Nov 1996
Dec 1995
Jan
-
Dec 1995
(Point)
(Point)
(Point)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS
Value
117.0
106.0
126.9
+19.7
+8.4
+6.3
Volume
113.2
97.2
116.5
+19.8
+3.0
+1.6
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS
Food, alcoholic drinks
Value
108.4
103.4
113.5
:
+9.7
+4.7
+5.5
and tobacco (other
Volume
108.6
100.0
109.3.
+9.4
+0.7
+2.3
than supermarkets)
Supermarkets ø
Value
109.4
103.5
113.3
+9.2
+3.6
+7.5
Volume
104.3
92.7
102.0
+10.0
-2.2
+1.1
Fuels
Value
98.2
87.1
102.6
+17.7
+4.5
-1.8
Volume
95.0
79.1
91.5
+15.7
-3.7
-8.2
Clothing, footwear and
allfed products
Value
131,7
116.0
141.7
+22.2
+7.6
+9.5
Veltme
125.0
97.0
119.5
+23.2
-4.4
+1.1
Consumer durable goods
Value
98.5
103.2
112.9
+9.
+14.6
+5.3
Volume
97.5
101.0
110.5
+9.4
+13.3
+4.3
Hotor vehicles
Value
67.6
93.1
85.5
-8.2
+25.4
+0.7
and parts
Volume
67.3
$2.2
84.7
-8.2
+25.8
+0.3
Consumer durable
Value
117.2
109.2
129.5
+18.5
+10.5
+7.4
goods other than
Volume
115.8
106.4
126.1
+18.5
+8.9
+6.4
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
140.6
102.2
146.4
+43.3
+4.1
Volume
135.0
89.1
125.4
+44.1
-4.9
Jewellery, watches
Value
118.4
105.3
132.4
+25.8
+11.8
+2.8
and clocks, and
Volume
114.9
103.0
130.6
+26.8
+13.7
+0.1
valuable gifts
Other consumer goods.
Value
115.5
110.0
127.7
+16.1
+10.6
+10.5
not elsewhere
Val Lane
111.1
100.5
117.1
+16.5
+5.4
+5.5
classified
NOTE: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.
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