THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1989
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TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
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Total Retail Sales for December 1988 (Provisional Figurel = HK$ 9,769million for November 1988 (Revised Figure) = HKS 8,865million
TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUNE INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES
FOR NOVEMBER 1988 AND DECEMBER 1988
(Monthly average of Oct. 94 - Sept. 85 = 100)
:
Index of
¦
December 1988
December 1988: Jan.-Dec. 1988;
Stea
:
Retail
¦
Sales
} Hoveaber
1988
Decesber : compared with 1 compared with
1988
November 1988 December 1987
compared with Jan.-Dec. 1987:
----
1 (Revised
figures!
¦ (Provisional : Points : figures)
¦ Points
Points
1
(A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES
Value
158
174
Volume
127
140
42
16
10 1 25
17:
27
21
12
10 1
10
14
12
¦ (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS
Foodstuffs, alcoholic
Value
141
149
15
11
13
11
drinks and tobacco
Volume
119
126
7
5
2
7
Fuels
Valse
101
112
¦
Volume
130
122
=2
11
日
7
---
$
12
11 ¦
71
5
:
1
+
Clothing, footwear
Value
184
217
33
18:
38
21 1
31
23
and allied products
:
Volume
138
:
159
22
16
13
14
11
}
Consumer durables
:
Value
163
170
7
Volune
[27
133
5
22
31
22 1 24
15
13
13
&=
20
}
11
1
#
+
Other consumer goods
Value
168
Volume
133
10
190
149
N2
22
13
16
12:
==
27
17
*
8 :
22
**
28
17
:
:
1
(C) BY SELECTED TRADES
Isee note 1 below)
Supermarkets
Value
147
191
Volume
122
149
192
34
23
22
27
22 :
252
22
16
3 !
*
7
¦
Motor vehicles
¦
Value
203
259
-25
and parts
Volume
197
177
-19
-10
53
67
35 : 69
33
23 1 37
24
39
27
:
¦
Consumer durables
:
Value
126
143
17
13
20
13
other than notor vehicles and parts
Valune
105
119
14
13
JO
9 :
12 10
11
5
:
Department stores
¦ Value
203
‡
246
43
Volume :
153
:
185
32
21 : 35
21:
17 ¦ 53
39
5 1 32
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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) "SuperBarkets' - 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 motor vehicles and parts' a trade in the "Consumer durables' group.
(d) "Department stores' a trade in the "Other consumer goods" group.
2. Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded index figures.
3. *** denotes a figure within ±0.5.
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