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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1988
TABLE T
: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for January 1988 (Provisional Figure) - 118,056 million for December 1987 (Revised Figure) ■ HK$8,384 million
TABLE 2
+ VALON AND VOLUME INDEXES OF IOWAEL SALES
FOR DECEMBER 1987, AND JANUARY 1958 (Monthly average of Det. 84 - Sept. 85. 100)
Itex
Index of Retail Salam
December 1987
JeQuery
1988
January 1988 compared with December 1987
January 1988 compared with January 1987
(Revised
figura)
{Provisional.
figures)
Points
Pointe
(A) FOR ALL REDJEL TRADES
Valua
150
144
+14
Tolume
129
125
+2
(8) 17 MAJOR TRADE GROUPS
Foodetoffa, alcoholic drinks and tobucða
Yalue
134
130
Volum
121
120
Furla
105
-
-
Volum
114
106
7
Clothing, Footwear
Halue
179
187
+
+5
and allied products -
Volume
147
157
+10
а
+15
+18
Consumer durablan
Value
139
141
+2
+1
+16
+12
Volume
117
118
+1
+1
+ 6
+5
Other consumer goods
Value
163
149
–14
+18
+14
Voluma
138
126
-11
+5
(e) BT SELECTED TRADES
Case note 1 below)
Supermarket
Value
159
Volume
144
26
145
-13
131
-13
-23
-15
Hotor vehicles
Value
192
197
+
+39
+23
and perte
Volume
146
+
+2
+19
Consumer durables
Value
127
124
+1
* 1
*9
+7
other than motor
vehicles and parta
Volume
109
100
+2
+1
Department stored
Value
211
187
-24
-11
+35
+23
Valuse
176
159
-17
-10
+17
+12
Notes:
1.
In order to analyse the sales of certain trades within mjor trade groups, the value and volume indexes in raspact of the following selected trades are compiled :
(a) "Superoteketa” – a trade in the "Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco" group, (B) "Motor vehicles and parts" ■ trade in the "Consumer durable" group. (c) "Genauer durables other than water vehicles and parta" - ■ trade in the "Consumer
durables" group.
(d) "Department stores" – a trade in the "Other consumer goods" group.
2. Figure denoting changes are derived from the unrounded index figures.
3.
wen denotes change of less than 0.5.
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