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(A) FOR ALL, RETAIL BRADES

3

THURSDAY, 1, 1986

ILY

Fotal Retail Sales for February 1936 (Provisional figure)

for January 1986 (Revised Figure)

• HK$5 547 million

- SX16 147 million

TABLE 21

VALUE AND VOLUME INDEKS OF RETAIL SALES FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1986

(Monthly average of 1980 = 100)

Index of Retail Salon

January 1956

February 1986

February 1986 compared with January 1986

February 1986

compared with February 1985

(Revloed Figures)

(Provia-

ional figures)

Pointe

Points

Valua

181

167

4

74

10

Volume

123

110

- 13

-

11

-

10

-

(3) BT MAJOR PRADE GROUPS

Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco

Value

184

184

·

Volume

121

118

3

Fuela

Value

192

170

22

-

+1

N

Volume

124

110

·

#

- 11

Clothing, footwear and

Valne

265

235

30

- 11

allied products

Volume

162

145

18

- 11

- 14

Consumer durables

170

140

2.

30

- 17

Volume

121

99

22

-

+

18

5

►

-

3

7

Other communer goods.

Value

168

150

E

Volume

118

104

1

22

18

-

11

1.4

-

12

-

12

w

10

-

12

(C) BY SELECTED TRADES

Supermerkata

Value

175

+42

+

*

+24

Volume

200

225

. 25

+12

+

8

Motor vehicles

Value

171

91

க

- 20

18

+

Volume

61

50

- 12

- 19

•

Consuser durables other than Botor vehicles

Value

210

174

36

- 17

12

Voluse

162

133

- 28

I

17

12

Departament atores

Value

212

158

$1

25

Volume

149

111

39

-

26

1

1

Notan : 1.

+

+

+

30

16

25

T

19

"Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco" includes "supermarkets", 2. "Consumer durables" includes "motor vehicles".

3. "Other consumer goods" includes "department storse",

Figures denating changes are derived from the unrounded index figures.

4.

5.

* denotes no change.

14

~

Dec. 85 - Feb. 86

compared with

Dec. 84 Feb. 89

Point

TA

1

+

3

1

+

I

20

3

+

46

£

• 22

+11

+ 15

+ 12

• 12

3

5

+