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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1984

THE REVISED FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1984 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY 1984 OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES ARE SHOWN BELOW, AND 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, ARE ALSO TABULATED,

COMPARISONS OF FEBRUARY 1984 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF JANUARY 1984 AND FEBRUARY 1983 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.

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR FEBRUARY 1984

(PROVISIONAL FIGURE)

HK$4 604 MILLION

HK$5 938 MILLION

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR JANUARY 1984

(REVISED FIGURE)

ITEM

(A) FOR ALL

RETAIL

VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1984

=

(MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 1980 · 100)

INDEX OF RETAIL SALES

JAN 1984 FEB 1984

(REVISED

(PROVISIONAL

FIGURES) FIGURES)

FEB 1984 COMPARED

FEB 1984 COMPAREJ

WITH

WITH

JAN 1984 FEB 1933

POINTS % POINTS %%

TRADES

VALUE VOLUME

175

136

124

95

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(B) BY MAJOR

TRADE

GROUPS

FOODSTUFFS,

ALCOHOL IC

DRINKS

AND

TOBACCO

VALUE

203

157

VOLUME

134

101

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