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TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1989

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TABLE 1 : TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for February 1989 (Provisional Figure!

for January 1989 (Revised Figurei

=

■ HK$ 8,988millson

HK$10,667=1111 on

TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLUME INDEIES OF RETAIL SALES

FOR JANUARY 1989 AND FEBRUARY 1989

(Monthly average of Det. 94

-

Sept, BS = 100)

Index of

Item

Retail Sales

January

1989

¦ February 1989 February ¦ compared with

1989 1 January 1989

February 1999 1 compared with February 1988 1

Jan.-Feb. 1989: compared with Jan.-Feb. 1988 ¦

¦

¦ (Revised

figures)

¦ (Provisional ¦ Points ¦ figures) 1

| Points I :

Points

: (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

Value

190

160

-30

-18

:

Voluce

152

127

1 -25

-16 1 -1

27

10

T

-2

20

12

19

1

ID) BY HAJOR TRADE GROUPS

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

:

Value

149

139

-11

-7

drinks and tobacco

Votuse

123

¦

110

-10

5 1 -61

13

-2

97

227

10

¦

:

Fuels

Value

D9

81

-19

-19 1

:

Volume

157

B5

-21

-20 1

-17

===

-14

-15 1

-17 1

ܤ

Clothing, footwear

Value

236

195

-41

-17 |

11

& ¦

and allied products

Volume

179

150

-29

-16

-7

-51

མཐཱ

36

7

u a

5

Consumer durables

Value

207

175

-32

-16 1

23

15 1

Volume

159

13!

-27

-17 ¦

==

44

30

23

19

:

!

:

Other consumer goods

Value

210

170

-39

-19 1

५

5 1

34

22

Volume

t

166

136

-30

-18

-

19

N=

14

:

1

: (C) BY SELECTED TRADES

:

Iser note below!

Supermarkets

Value

177

169

-8

-B

T

Volume

145

T

136

-27

-14 1

247

12

-5

-3

:

Notor vehicles

1 Value

1

386

|

374

-11

-3 1

147

$61

169

80

I

and parts

Volume

!

263

252

28

53 1

102

66

Consumer durables

Value

152

144

-39

-25 1

-15

other than motor

Valuse

127

94

-II

-26

-19

-17 1

1 on

vehicles and parts

:

Department stores

1

Valve

789

201

-80

-31 1

1!

57

30

Volume 1

223

15%

-67

-30 1

-7

-5 1

*

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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) "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.

(d) "Department stores' - a trade in the "Other consumer goods' group.

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

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