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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1992

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VOLUME.

SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 19% IN VALUE AND 8%

SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP 18% VALUE AND 6% IN VOLUME AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

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SALES IN SUPERMARKETS IN APRIL INCREASED BY 11% IN VALUE AND 2% IN IN VOLUME, WHILE SALES IN OTHER FOODSTUFF OUTLETS INCREASED BY 7%% VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 2% IN VOLUME.

SALES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 2% IN VALUE AND 9% IN VOLUME COMPARED WITH A YEAR AGO.

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THE COMPARING

FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 20% IN VALUE AND 13% VOLUME.

COMPARING WITH MARCH 1992, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS IN COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES APRIL 1992 DROPPED BY 2% IN VALUE AND 4% IN VOLUME.

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

THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED AS INDICATORS OF PRICE CHANGES.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE APRIL 1992 RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT $1.5 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. SALES CENTRAL; AND CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, THE PUBLICATIONS OFFICE OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, WAN CHAI.

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TABLE 1

PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE MARCH 1992 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR APRIL 1992.

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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

OF RETAIL MARCH AND APRIL 1992 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER TAKEN AS 100.

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1992 AND COMPARISONS OF APRIL 1992 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR MARCH

SALES IN THE WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1991, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL

ALSO PERIOD JANUARY TO APRIL OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991 ARE GIVEN.

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