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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1992

CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES, BY 20% IN VALUE AND 10% IN VOLUME, AND FOR SALES OF JEWELLERY, WATCHES, CLOCKS AND VALUABLE GIFTS, BY 11% IN VALUE AND 14% IN VOLUME.

SALES OF FUELS WENT UP MORE MODERATELY, BY 16% IN VALUE AND 8%

IN VOLUME.

SALES IN SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY 9% IN VALUE AND ONLY SLIGHTLY BY 1% IN VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF OTHER FOODSTUFFS BY 6% AND 4% IN VALUE AND VOLUME RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO AUGUST 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 19% IN VALUE AND 13% IN VOLUME.

THIS

COMPARING WITH JULY 1992, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN AUGUST 1992 INCREASED BY 7% BOTH IN VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

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

FIGURES CHANGES.

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

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE AUGUST 1992 RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT $1.5 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL 802 1258).

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THE CENSUS

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