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MONDAY, MAY 4, 1992

TAKING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TOGETHER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED THIS YEAR IN THE SALES IN SUPERMARKETS OVER LAST YEAR (BY 15% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME); IN CLOTHING/FOOTWEAR OUTLETS (BY 21% IN VALUE AND 12% IN VOLUME); AND IN DEPARTMENT STORES (BY 17% IN VALUE AND 8% IN VOLUME).

SALES IN OTHER FOODSTUFF OUTLETS ALSO ROSE BY 10% IN VALUE; BUT IN VOLUME TERMS, A FALL OF 2% WAS RECORDED.

CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES ARE DERIVED FROM FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AFTER HAVING ADJUSTED FOR PRICE CHANGES.

THE INDICATORS OF PRICE

CHANGES USED ARE THE RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WHICH CORRESPOND TO THE BROAD CATEGORIES OF GOODS IN QUESTION.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1992 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY 1992.

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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1992 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF FEBRUARY 1992 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY 1992 AND WITH THOSE FOR FEBRUARY 1991, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO FEBRUARY OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

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THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE FEBRUARY 1992 RESULTS NOW ON SALE AT $1.5 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE,

GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 802 1258.

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