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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1984

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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 NOVEMBER RESULTS WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING MONTH AND THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982 ARE ALSO GIVEN. ENQUIRIES 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 1 TOTAL RETAIL SALES

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR NOVEMBER 1983

(REVISED FIGURE) HK$5 057 MILLION

(PROVISIONAL FIGURE) FOR OCTOBER 1983

·

HK$5 089 MILLION

TABLE 2:

VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1983

(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 - 100)

ITEM

INDEX OF RETAIL SALES

OCT 1983

NOV 1983

NOV 1983 COMPARED WITH OCT 1983

NOV 1983

COMPARED WITH

NOV 1982

(REVISED (PROVISIONAL POINTS % POINTS $

FIGURES) FIGURES)

(A) FOR ALL

RETAIL

VALUE

149

150

1

VOLUME

106

106

SAME

TRADES

(B) BY MAJOR

TRADE

GROUPS

1

18

14

SAME SAME SAME

FOODSTUFFS,

VALUE

150

148

ALCOHOLIC

VOLUME

97

99

མས

-2

18

14

2

1

1

DRINKS

AND TOBACCO

FUELS

VALUE

198

192

VOLUME

125

122

CLOTHING,

VALUE

158

168

.10

FOOTWEAR

VOLUME

115

117

Nö já

32

20

-3

-2

5

2

NO C

6

Q+ um

+3

AND ALLIED

PRODUCTS

CONSUMER

VALUE

126

122

DURABLES

VOLUME

96

93

10

-3

-3

-3

=3 11

OTHER

VALUE

152

155

3

2

CONSUMER

VOLUME

112

112

SAME

SAME

#1 2°

サー

サー

9†

10

21

16

GOODS

(C) BY SELECTED