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SUNDAY,

FEBRUARY 3,

1991

TABLE 1

: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for November 1990 (Provisional Figurel = AT$9.792 million for October 1990 (Revised Figurel 3 HK$9,750 million

TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

POR OCTOBER 1990 AND NOTENDER 1990

Monthly average of Oct. 14

-

Sept. 05 = 100)

¦ Index of

-

¦ November 1998

November 1990 | Jan.-Nov. 1998 |

Ite

¦

Retail Sales

October

1990

November 1990

I compared with ¦ October 1990

compared with November 1909

compared with

Jan.-Nov. 1989 |

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(Bevised ¦ Provisional ¦ Pointa

figures) | figures!

!!

Points

Potate

¦ (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES

¦ (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS

Value

134

175

+17 +![

+11

+7

Volume

121

123

-1

+1

+1

Foodstuff, alcoholic

¦ Value

177

168

-9

+14

+9

+1#

+12

drinks and tobacco

¦ Volane

130

124

+6

Foels

¦ Value

173

151

-22

-13

+31

+25

| Volume

126

107

-It

-15

-7

+2

Clothing, footwear

Value

184

193

+12

+9

+5

and allied products

¦ Volume

131

122

-2

-2

-}

-]

Consumer durables

Value

160

174

+5

+3

+26

+15

1 Volume

120

123

+1

+10)

+12 ¦

+6

I

Other consumer goods

Value

10)

178

+13

+

Volume

124

136

は

-4

| |C) BY SELECTED TRADES

[see note below)

Supermarkets

Value

200

100

-12

+17

+29

+16

Voluze

130

129

F

+9

+6

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Motor vehicles

: Valoe

207

294

+12

+35

11

+18

and parts

1 Volone

174

179

+3

+5 1

-1

-1

Consumer durables

| Valce

132

135

other than motor vehicles and parts,

¦ VoJune

104

105

**

+24

+21 1

+14

+13

+14

Department stores

! Value 1

237

250

+21

+91

+38

+17!

+37

+13

| Tolune

159

166

"

+51 +13

+1

+5 #

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 :

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(a) *Superwackets - a trade in the 'Poodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco' group.

(b) "Motor vehicles and parts" - a trade in the "Consumer dorables" groop.

(c) "Consumer durables other than motor vehicles and parts" - a trade in the "Congruer durables" group.

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

2. Figures denoting changes are derived from the unrounded index figures.

). "I" denotes a figure within ±0.5.

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