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Item

Total retail sales

(HK$ million)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1982

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Table 1: Value indexes of retail sales for

September and October 1982

(Monthly average of 1980 = 100)

September

1982

October

1982

October 1982 compared with September 1982

October 1982

compared with

October 1981

(Revised

+

figures)

(Provisional

figures)

Points

%%%

Points

%

4 288

4 442

Retail sales value indexes:

(I) for all retail

trades

(II) by major trade

126

131

+5

+4

+3

+2

groups

Foodstuffs,

alcoholic drinks

and tobacco

133

132

Fuels

151

159

7 00

-1

+9

+7

+8

+5

+18

+15

Clothing, footwear

and allied

products

119

150

+32

+26

+12

+9

Consumer goods

128

135

+7

+5

+6

+5

Consumer durables

112

106

-6

-5

-21

-17

(III) by selected trades

Motor vehicles

74

64

-10

-14

-56

-47

Department stores

106

123

+17

+16

+4

+3

Supermarketa

178

ļ

179

+1

+1

+36

+25

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