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TABLE 1
A TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for February 1997 (Provisional Figure) = HK$17,914.1 million
for January 1997 (Revised Figure) = HK$22,268.9 million
TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR FEBRUARY 1996, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1997
(Monthly average of October 1994
September 1995 = 100)
Index Number
X Change
Type
Type of Outlets
of
Index
February 1996 (Revised
January
1997
(Revised
figures)
figures)
February
1997 (Provisional
figures)
Feb 1997 compared with
Feb 1997
Jan
-
compared with
Jan 1997
Feb 1996
Jan
T
Feb 1997 compared with
Feb 1996
(Point)
(Point)
(Point)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL DUTLETS
Vatue
106.4
128.3
103.2
-19.6
-3.1
+6.6
Volume
103.1
119.8
96.3
-19.6
-6.6
+2.5
(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS
Food, alcoholic drinks
Value
105.0
112.4
103.9
-7.5
-1.1
+3.0
and tobacco (other
Volume
99.4
109.1
96.2
-11.9
-3.3
+0.2
than supermarkets)
Supermarkets
Value
120.0
112.3
119.B
+6.6
-0.2
+5.9
Volume
114.5
100.5
108.6
+8.0
-5.2
+0.1
Fuels
Value
84.4
106.4
89.8
-15.6
46.4
+9.2
Volume
80.5
94.4
79.1
-16.2
-1.7
+1.3
Clothing, footwear and
allied products
Value
105.4
153.3
95.5
-37.7
+9.4
+4.3
Volume
103.6
136.3
B5.7
-37.1
-17.3
-4.1
Consumer durable goods
Value
92.9
122.2
93.4
-23.6
+0.6
+12.3
Volume
92.3
120.2
91.3
-24.1
-1.1
+11.0
Motor vehicles
Value
68.8
129.5
69.6
-46.2
+1.2
+38.2
and parts
Volume
68.3
128.3
68.9
-46.3
+1.0
+37.8
-
Consumer durable
Value
107.4
117.8
107.7
-8.6
+0.3
+2.1
goods other than
Volume
106.9
115.3
104.8
-9.1
-1.9
+0.4
motor vehicles
and parts
Department stores
Value
125.4
$24.9
113.0
-9.6
+9.9
-0.7
Volume
123.6
114.2
103.6
-9.3
-16.2
-7.2
Jewellery, watches
Value
117.8
136.4
110.1
-19.3
-6.6
+6.4
and clocks, and valuable gifts
Volume
111.1
134.3
109.1
-18.7
-1.7
+10.4
Other consumer goods
not elsewhera
Vatue Volume
95.5
128.1
100.B
-21.3
+5.6
+12.4
92.3
117.6
92.6
-21.3
+0.3
+6.5
classified
MOTE 1: The figures for "supermarkets" above do not include sales in supermarkets operating in department stores.
Below are supplementary statistics covering both.
J
Supermarkets and
Value
122.8
113.t
120.9
supermarkets operating in Volume department stores
117.2
101.3
109.6
+6.9 +8.2
-1.6
+5.3
-6.5
-0.5
NOTE 2: The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.
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