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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1990

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TABLE ! : TOTAL RETAIL SALES

1990 (Provisional Figure) = HK$ 9,284million

Total Retail Sales for March

for February 1990 (Revised Figure)

= HK$ 8,732million

TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

FOR FEBRUARY 1990 AND MARCH 1990

(Monthly average of Oct. 84

-

Sept. 85 = 1003

Index of

! March

1990

March

Item

Retail

¦

Sales

}

February 1990

March

compared with

compared with

1990 | Jan.-Mar. 1990 |

compared with

1990

February 1990

March

1989

Jan.-Mar. 1989 }

+

:

(Revised

(Provisional

Points

Points

Paints

figures! ¦ figures)

:

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

Value

156

166

+10

+13

+6 1

+2

Volume

(17

124

+6

45 1

+2

: LE) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS

¦

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

Value

drinks and tobacco

Volume

33

134

158

+21

+16:

+25

+19 ¦

+IA

+12

103

148

+15

+10

+10:

+5

+4

:

:

Fuels

Value

95

119

+23

+25

+18

+18:

+18

+19

Volume

BB

105

+17

+19

+2

帽

Clothing, footwear

Value

186

179

-7

and allied products

Volume

134

126

-B

Consumer durables

:

Value

161

159

Valuee

118

117

77

-

75 92

-5

-13

77

-3

-3

-11

77

-L

-7 |

+12

-13

-7

-13

-103

Other consumer goods

Value

167

177

Volume

125

132

==

+9

+5

+5 1

-1

B-

¦ (C) BY SELECTED TRADES

(see note 1 belowl

Supermarkets

: Value

161

208

+47

+291

+50

+31

+30

+201

:

Volume

119

150

+32

+27 :

+25

+20 | +14

+10

Motor vehicles

Value

312

286

-26

-0

+77

+371

-37

and parts

Volume

200

182

-18

-9 1 +42

+30 ¦ -35

-11:

-16

Consumer durables

Value

115

120

+5

+5

other than actor

Volume

93

79

-8

1.

T+

-6

vehicles and parts

Department stores

Value

219

201

Volume

159

143

-17

-16

+10

+5

+20

+9

-10:

-2 1 +4

+21

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" - trade in the 'Consumer durables" prosp.

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

2.

Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded inder figures.

J.

"#" denotes a figure within 20.5.

0

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