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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1988

!ABLE !

TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for June

for May

1968 (Provisional Figure! 1788 (Revised Figure)

= HK38,292 million

=

HK$8,296 fllion

TABLE 2 :

VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR MAY 1988 AND JUNE 1998

Monthly average of Oct. 84

Seat. 85 1001

Index of

Itan

Retai!

Nay

June

¦

Sales

1908

1988

¦ May

¦ June 1989 compared with

1988:

Jun. 1988 compared with June 1987:

Jan. Jun. 1988

compared with n. Jum. 1987

(Revised

Provisional ¦ Points

¦ Points

H

Points

figures) : Figures!

¦

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

Value

143

148

Voluce

123

#22

-1 1

5-

30

25

15 1

29

24

15

(8) BY MAJER TRACE SAOUPS

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

Value

114

120

drinks and tobacco

Yoluse

1:30

105

Fuels

Value

97

101

Vpluse

104

128

N U

Clothing, footwear

Value

163

157

33

and allied aroducts

Volume

£27

122

15

*=

26 1

14

**

37

16

14

;

Consumer durables

!

Value

163

156

-7

-4

17

12

29

24

Volume

124

-7

-5

15

14

Other consumer goods

Value

165

165

Volume

135

#

133

33

i

-

22

53

47:

44

J8

35

35

29

27

(C) BY SELECTED TRADES

:

(see note below)

#

Supermarkets

Valoe

147

166

:

13

24

12

I

20

15

Voluse

129

$43

15

12 !

9

}

Motor vehicles

Valve

237

and parts

Volume

168

Consumer durables

Value

141

other than sotor

Volune

119

22 28

247

175

41

£=

75

44 1 53

31 1

54

=8

41

28

128

-12

-|

108

-11

44

-1 ¦

18

16

-7 |

10

9

vehicles and parts

+

Departeent stores

Value

201

178

-24

-12:

55

45

量

Voluse

159

140

+19

-12: 33

31 1 43

好阱

NOTES: 1. In order to analyse the sales of certain trades WITHIN major trade groups, the value and volume indexes

In respect of the following selected trades are compiled :

(a) "Supermarkets'

-

a trade in the "Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco" group.

(b) "Motor vehicles and parts" a trade in the "Consumer durables" group.

(c) "Consumer durables other than sotor vehicles and parts" - a trade in the "Consumer durables" group.

(d) "Separtaent stores" a trade in the "Other consumer goods" group.

2. Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded index figures.

3.

*I* denotes a figure within 10.5.

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