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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,

1992

COMPARING

PERIOD LAST YEAR, VOLUME.

COMPARING

THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 20% IN VALUE AND 14%

IN

WITH MAY 1992, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES JUNE 1992 INCREASED BY 4% IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

IN

FIGURES CHANGES.

CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES ARE DERIVED FROM ON THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AFTER HAVING ADJUSTED FOR PRICE THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED INDICATORS OF PRICE CHANGES.

AS

NOW

THE

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JUNE 1992 RESULTS ON SALE AT $1.5 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL;

PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, WAN CHAI.

IS

SALES

AND

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

THE

CENSUS AND

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

MAY

IN

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

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

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