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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989

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TABLE 1

: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for March

1989 (Provisional Fiqurel = HK$ 8,593million

For February 1989 (Revised Figure)

= HK$ 9,989million

TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

FOR FEBRUARY 1989 AND MARCH 1989

(Monthly average of Oct. 84

Sept. 85 = 1001

I

Iten

Index of 1 'Retail

I

1909

Sales

# February

1989

March 1989

* March ¦ compared with compared with ¦ February 1989 ¦ March 1988

March 1989

Jan.-Mar. 1989 ¦ compared with Jan.-Mar. 1988 !

¡Revised

Provisional :

Points

Points

Points

I :

figures) ¦ figures)

1 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

¦ (8) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS

:

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

Value

139

133

drinks and tobacco

Volume

110

108

+

Value Volume

160

153

-7

127

1

122

77

**

13

23

1

16 1 7 1

|

T7

13 1

14

-2 |

:

Fuels

Value

Z

101

20

25 1

8 1

-2 1

Volume

85

104

18

22 !

Clothing, footwear

Value

195

and allied products

Valune :

150

ga

184

-10

-5:

49

36 1

139

-10

-7

25

22 1

**

36

!

13

Consumer durables

Value

$75

147

-28

-16 1

: Volume

131

114

-17

-13 1 -5

NP

2

1!

==

30

201

14

#1 |

Other consumer goods

Value

170

167

Valune

136

133

***

-2

-$

77

-1

5

26

16 |

-2

-2

12

9

1 (C) BY SELECTED TRADES

(see note 1 below)

Supermarkets

Value

Volume

25

169

158

:

136

!

125

I -il

구구

16

11

-8 1

#

1217

13

sa

-3

-2

Motor vehicles

Value

374

209

-166

and parts

Volume

252

140

-113

77

-44

14

7:

-45 1

==

117

57

68

45

:

Consumer durables

Value

[14

128

13:

-2

other than motor

Volume

94

106

i

12

13 1

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vehicles and parts

:

!

Department stores

Value

201

191

-9

-5

27

16 ¦

17

Valune

158

¦

145

F -il

-}

7

S ! 21

***

16

14

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) "Departaent 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 10.5.

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