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ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED SLIGHTLY, WHILE THOSE OF DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED TO A LARGER EXTENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE. MOTOR VEHICLES, HOWEVER, RECORDED DECLINES IN BOTH THE VALUE AND VOLUME OF SALES. WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1982, SUPERMARKETS RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN BOTH THE VALUE AND VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES. DEPARTMENT STORES RECORDED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SALES VALUE BUT A MODERATE RISE IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES DROPPED IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

TABLES 1 AND 2 PRESENT THE REVISED FIGURES FOR JUNE AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR JULY OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES, AND OF RETAIL SALES VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS).

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES IN 1980 ARE TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF THE JULY RESULTS WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING MONTH AND OF THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982 ARE ALSO GIVEN. 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 t VALUE INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR

JUNE AND JULY 1983

(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980

100)

JULY 1983

JULY 1983

ITEM

JUNE 1983

JULY 1983

COMPARED WITH

COMPARED WITH

JUNE 1983

JULY 1982

(REVISED

FIGURES)

(PROVISIONAL

FIGURES)

POINTS

%

POINTS

%

TOTAL RETAIL

4 560

4 652

SALES

(HK$ MILLION)

RETAIL SALES

VALUE

INDEXES :

(1) FOR ALL

134

137

3

نيا

2

14

11

RETAIL

TRADES

(11) BY MAJOR

TRADE

GROUPS

FOODSTUFFS,

ALCOHOL IC

DRINKS AND TOBACCO

145

146

1

1 14

11

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