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: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1989

TABLE 1

Total Retales for May

for April

1989 (Provisional Figure) 1989 (Revised Figurel

= HK$ 8,873million HK$ 8,482million

TABLE 2 #

VALUE AND VOLUBE INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR APRIL 1989 AND NAY 1987

(Monthly average of Dcl. 84 - Sept. 85 = 100)

Irden of

Kay

1989

Ites

}

feta:1 Sales

April 1589

May 1929

1 compared with

! April 1989:

Kay 1999 | Jan.-May. 1989 | compared with compared with May 1988 Jan.-May. 1988

H

(Revised

(Provisional

Points

= !

Points

I :

Points

figures)

¦ figures)

# (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

¦ (8) BY KAJOR TRADE GROUPS

Value Volume

ISI

158

T

5 1

10

71

18

118

123

M

5

5

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

Value

:

132

143

=

11

8 !

drinks and tobacco

Volume

106

113

71

==

29

26

18

फ

13

13:

3 1

1

P

Fuels

Value

103

[17

14

13

20

20:

Volume

106

11B

12

11 1

14

14 |

2

Clothing, footwear

Value

193

180

-13

16

10

34

www

and allied products

Voluce

140

127

-13

#

13

Consumer durables

Value

146

149

Voluze

110

:11

I

Other consumer goods

Value

163

173

Voluce

127

134

S$ 25

2:

-14

15

10

21

-19

-15

N 2

2 1

10

18

12 1

7

-1

5 1

: (C) BY SELECTED TARDES

4

(see note I below!

E

}

Supermarkets

} Value

155

1

Notor vehicles

and parts

Consumer durables

Volume

122

38

175

137

£5

20

29

19 1

13

15

12 ¦

10

71

2

- 1

12 ¦

Value

206

290

53

22 |

97

Voluee

191

194

2:

26

15:

54

35

E&

45

1

Value

103

106

3:

other than totor

:

Volume

85

B6

7 1 -33

38

-35

-25

-10

-29

-13

÷÷

-1

-12

vehicles and parts

Department stores

Value Volume

185

139

191 138

3

-11

-5

31

17

−1

-

-21

-13

LO

NOTES : 1. In order to analyse the sales of certain trades HITHIN major trade groups, the value and volume indexes

in respect of the following selected trades are compiled :

lat *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 actor vehicles and parts" - a trade in the "Consuser durables' groud.

(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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