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SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1989

TABLE 1

: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for April for March

1989 (Provisional Figure) 1989 (Revised Figurel

=WKS 8,486million = HK$ 8,576million

TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

FOR MARCH 1987 AND APRIL 1987

(Monthly average of Oct. 84

+

Sept. 85 = 100)

Index of t

1

iter

¦

Retail

March

Sales

1989

¦ April 1989: Apr11 1989 | Jan.-Apr. 1999 April I compared with I compared with compared with

1989 ¦ March 1989: April 1988 Jan.-Apr, 1988

iRevised

(Provisional i Points figures) ¦ figures) 1

#

Points

I :

Points

1

¦ (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

Value Volume

153

152

+

122

LIB

رام الله

-2

13

-3

પ ઇન

21

14

2

2:

7

&

+

: (B) BY HAJOR TRADE GROUPS

¦

:

}

Foodstoffs, alcoholic

Value

132

132

19

17:

15

12:

drinks and tobacco

Volume :

107

106

7

2

1

:

Fuels

¦

Value 1

100

103

3 1

15

17 ¦

2

2 1

:

Volume :

103

106

12

12 |

:

Clothing, footwear

Value

184

193

9

5 1

*B

#3 !

39

24 1

and allied products

:

Volume

139

140

23

20:

16

12 !

Consumer derables

Value

147

146

-1

- #

L

23

16 1

Volume :

114

110

-4

-31

-#

+7 |

7 1

Other consumer goods

Value

}

169

143

-6

Voluce :

133

127

:

**

-5

-2

No on

5 1

21

-2 1

**

13 1

B

: (C) BY SELECTED TRADES

!

Isee note 1 belowl

1

Supercarkets

Value

158

155

¦

Volume

125

122

ऐन बना

77

23

18

1&

-21

1

+

1

:

Hotor vehicles

}

Value

209

286

77

37:

78

37 1 107

and parts

1

Voluce

140

191

51

36 1

42

28

42

==

52

41

:

Consumer durables

Value

123

103

-25

-19 ¦ -23

-18 ¦

-2

other than notor

blue

106

85

-21

-201

-24

-22 |

-B

-7 |

vehicles and parts

Department stores

Value

191

128

Volume

145

139

-2

24

15:

41

5

==

23 1

17

12

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) *Notor 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. *I* denotes a figure within ±0.5.

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