THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989
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TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES
Total Retail Sales for January 1989 (Provisional Figure) = HK$10,663million for December 1988 (Revised Figure} = HK$ 9,770million
TABLE 2
VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR DECEMBER 1988 AND JANUARY 1989
(Monthly average of Oct. 04 - Sept. 85 = 100)
Index of ¦
¦ January 1989
January 1989 ¦
Iten
Retar! Sales
¦
December 1986
January
1989
¦ compared with
compared with
1 December 1988
January
1988 1
(Revised
} (Provisional
Points
Points
figures!
1
figures)
¦ (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES
ᅥ
Value
174
190
Volume
140
152
22
16
9
12
9 1
SA
47
32
27
22
!
(B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS
Foodstuffs, alcoholic
Value
149
149
19
15
12+
drinks and tobacco
Volume
126
123
*
-2
3
3
Fuels
Value
112
99
-13
-E
Volume
122
107
-16
-13
Clothing, footwear
Value
218
234
17
8 ¦
47
25
and allied products
Volume
:
160
178
18
11
21
13
}
Consumer durables
Value
:
170
207
Volume
!
132
159
BS
37
22:
БЫ
27
201
41
***
47
35
Other consumer goods
Value
190
210
17
10
60
40
Volume
149
166
17
12 :
40
32
1 (C) BY SELECTED TRADES
1
:
(see note : below)
Superwartets
Value
}
181
177
Volume
149
145
de la
23
32
13
22
10
Motor vehicles
Value
258
386
:
127
49
188
and parts
!
Volume
177
263
: 86
49
117
223
96
BO
!
Consumer durables
Value
143
152
:
10
other than motor
Volume
119
127
77
28
23
}
18
16
vehicles and parts
Department stores
Value
246
289
43
17
102
55
Volume
185
223
38
21 1 64
41
}
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 motor vehicles and parts' a trade in the "Consumer durables" group.
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(d) "Department stores" a trade in the "Other consumer goods" group.
2. Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded index figures.
3.
*1* denotes a figure within ±0.5.
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