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TABLE 1 *

TOTAL RETAIL SALES

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1986

Total Retail Sales for Hay 1986

(Provisional Figure) - HX35 745 million

for April 1986 (Revised Figure) ■ HK$5 578 million

TABLE 2

F

VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

FOR APRIL AND MAT. 1986

(Monthly average of 1980 = 100)

Ites

Index of Retail

$1

April 1986

Hay 1986

May 1986 compared with April 1986

Kay 1986 compared with May 1985

Harch

-

+

compared with March

Hey 85

(Revised figures)

(Provid ional

Points

Points

Pointe

figures)

(A) FUR ALL, RETAIL TRAMPO

(B) BY HATOS TAM JRICES

Valve

164

169

Volume

110

113

+5

3

+3

+3

Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacaa

Value

184

184

Volume

120

120

Fuela

Value

175

169

Volume

124

127

+7

6

5

+5

-30

-15

-18

+2

F

9

Clothing, footwear

Valua

225

238

and allied producta

Volume

10

BA

+12

+36

+18

+29

+15

135

+12

+9

+9

+7

Consumer durables

Value

152

163

+11

+7

+3

+2

Volume

104

110

+6

+6

-11

5

Other conecta

goods

Value

148

152

5

*

5

Valume

102

104

+3

-

(C) BY BELECTED TRADES

Supermarkets

Value

309

325

+16

+

– 1

+20

+6

Volume

185

193

5

-2

+10

+5

Motor vehicles

Value

and parte

Volume

X &

106

+5

+5

+6

+7

54

+2

+5

3

€

Consumer durables,

Value

189

202

+7

7

other than Motor

vehicles and parts

Volume

140

149

+6

7

Department stores

Value

147

147

+1

Volume

101

101

+3

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Notes 1

Big II

"Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco" includes "supersarkata". 2. "Conausar durables” includes "motor vehicles and parte",

3. "Other consumer goods" includes "department stores".

4. Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded index figuren,

5.

* denotes change of less than 0.5.

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