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SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1983

TABLES 1 AND 2 PRESENT THE REVISED FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1982 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR JANUARY 1983 OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES, AND OF RETAIL SALES VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES BY SELECTED TRADES AND MAJOR TRADE GROUPS.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES IN 1980 ARE TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF THE JANUARY 1983 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING MONTH AND OF THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982 ARE ALSO GIVEN,

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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TEL. NO. 3-7216024.

TABLE 1 VALUE INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR

JANUARY 1983 AND DECEMBER 1982

(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 = 100)

JAN 1983

COMPARED

DEC 1982

JAN 1983

WITH DEC 1982

JAN 1983 COMPARED WITH JAN 1982*

ITEM

(REVISED

(PROVISIONAL

PTS

%

PTS

%

FIGURES)

FIGURES)

TOTAL RETAIL SALES

4 750

4 617

(HK$ MILLION)

RETAIL SALES VALUE INDEXES:

(1) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

140

136

3

5

(11) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO

143

149

+6

FUELS

168

162

-

ON

+1

6

#

+15

+10

CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR

AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

172

177

+ 5 + 3

1

-

- 1

CONSUMER GOODS

144

129

-15 -10

-

8

-

6

CONSUMER DURABLES

109

113

+4

-26 -19

(111) BY SELECTED TRADES

MOTOR VEHICLES

55

65

+10

+18 -46 -41

DEPARTMENT STORES

173

163

-10

6

AU

SUPERMARKETS

192

192

SAME SAME -13

6

* FINAL REVISED ESTIMATES

/TABLE 2