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THOSE OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES ALSO ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY IN VALUE TERMS, BUT TO A LESSER EXTENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

MOTOR VEHICLES SHOWED AN INCREASE IN SALES VALUE, BUT NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE FINAL FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1983 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1984.

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 JANUARY 1984 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF DECEMBER 1983 AND JANUARY 1983 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE FINAL TOTAL RETAIL SALES ESTIMATES FOR JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1983 AND THE RESPECTIVE RETAIL SALES VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND SELECTED TRADES ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3, WHICH IS BEING TRANSMITTED BY FACSIMILE AND BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TEL 3-7216024.

TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR JANUARY 1984 (PROVISIONAL FIGURE)

HK$5 895 MILLION

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FOR DECEMBER 1983 (FINAL FIGURE) HK$5 454 MILLION

TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

FOR DECEMBER 1983 AND JANUARY 1984

(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 - 100)

ITEM

INDEX OF RETAIL SALES

DEC 1983 JAN 1984

(FINAL FIGURES) FIGURES)

(PROVISIONAL

JAN 1984 COMPARED

WITH DEC 1983

JAN 1984 COMPARED WITH JAN 1983

POINTS %

POINTS %

(A) FOR ALL

RETAIL

VALUE

161

174

13

TRADES

VOLUME

114

123

ma

9

8 37 222

27 13 12

(B) BY MAJOR

TRADE

GROUPS

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC