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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1984

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1983. SUPERMARKETS, ON THE OTHER HAND, RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES IN BOTH THE VALUE AND THE VOLUME OF SALES. MOTOR VEHICLES ALSO RECORDED LARGE DECREASES IN SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1982, SUPERMARKET SALES INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN VALUE TERMS BUT TO A LESSER EXTENT IN VOLUME TERMS. DEPARTMENT STORES SHOWED A LARGE INCREASE IN SALES VALUE BUT ONLY A SLIGHT RISE IN SALES VOLUME, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES DROPPED IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR OCTOBER 1983 OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES. TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES IN 1980 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF THE OCTOBER RESULTS WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING ENQUIRIES MONTH AND THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982 ARE ALSO GIVEN. ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. TEL. NO.: 3-7216024.

TABLE 1 TOTAL RETATE SALES

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR OCTOBER 1983 (PROVISIONAL FIGURE)

HK$5 084 MILLION

HK$4 892 MILLION

FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 (REVISED FIGURE)

TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1983

(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 - 100)

INDEX OF RETAIL

ITEM

SALES

SEPTEMBER

1983

OCTOBER

1983

OCTOBER 1983

COMPARED WITH

OCTOBER 1983 COMPARED WITH

SEPTEMBER 1983 OCTOBER 1982

(REVISED

(PROVISIONAL POINTS

% POINTS

%

FIGURES) FIGURES)

(A)

FOR ALL

RETAIL

TRADES

VALUE

144

150

6

4

VOLUME

106

107

1

1 200

15

សហ

2

/(B) BY