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SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1990

TABLE 1 ! TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for October 1989 (Pravleinmal Figure) • HK$ 0.972million for September 1989 (Revised Figure)! = HK$ 8,78&million

TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

FOR SEPTEMBER 1989 AND OCTOBER 1989

(Monthly average of Oct. 34 - Sept. 85 = 100)

Index of 1

ited

:

Retail Sales

¦ September

1987

October

1989

¦ October 1989

compared with 1 September 1989 :

October 1989

Jan.-Ort. 1989:

compared with October 1988

compared with Jan.-Oct. 1988:

1

¦ (Revised

figures)

! (Provisional ¦

Points

I !

Points

I 1

Points

¦ figures)

$

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

!

Value

157

160

#

Voluse

121

123

NO GI

2

10

2 ¦

-}

-1 |

(B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

Value

163

159

16

11 ¦

LB

drinks and tobacco

:

Volume

126

123

-2 1

ру

21

41

1

:

Fuels

Valve

F

121

126

15

13

Volume

120

125

31

3

Clothing, footwear

Value

156

171

and allied products

VolUEE

113

Consumer durables

Value

142

Volune

106

Other consumer goods

Value

160

:

Volume

L28

:

ER 28 8S

15

10:

2 ¦

123

10

►

-

32

13

-2

:

#

145

MIN

3

2

-18

-11:

N

-2 1

2

2 ¦

-19

-15

-9

-7

#

3

21

10

130

2 !

-4 |

(C) BY SELECTED TRADES

:

(see note 1 below!

Supermarkets

:

Value

212

191

-21

-10 1

27

16:

22

}

Volume

162

145

-17

-

7

14 1

2 1

:

:

:

Motor vehicles

Value

271

275

21

-25

-8:

42

17

and parts

Voluce

178

181

-30

-14 ¦

17

}

Consuper durables

Value

103

105

7

-16

-13 1

-16

other than sotor

Voluar

84

86

2

-15

-15

-17

==

-13

-16

vehicles and parts

Department stores

Value

177

208

31

18 ¦

14

7:

20

11

Volume

129

150

21

16:

-3

-2

2

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

(a) "Supermarkets" a trade in the "Foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco" group.

(b) "Motor vehicles and parts" a trade in the "Consumer durables" group.

ic! "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. *

denotes a figure within 10.5.

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