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TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for December 1992 (Provisional Figure) = HK$15,659.1 million

for November 1992 (Revised figure)

HK$13,307.0 million

TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES FOR NOVEMBER 1992 AND DECEMBER 1992

(Monthly average of Oct. 89

Sept. 90= 100)

Item

Index of Retail Sales

November

1992

December 1992

December 1992 compared with November 1992

December 1992 compared with December 1993

Jan-Dec 1992 compared with Jan-Dec 1991

(Revised

figures)

(Provisional

figures)

Points X

Points

Points *

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS

Value

141.7

166.7

Volume

121.8

144.0

+25.0 +17.7 +22.2 +18.2

+22.6 +15.7 +14.3 +11.0

+21.4 +17.8 +13.4 +12.1

(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLE

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

drinks and tobacco

(other than

Bupermarkets)

Supermarkets

Value

125.3

131.4

Volume

107.3

112.0

+6.1 +4.9 +4.7 +4.4

+2.7 +2.1 -2.1 +1.8

+4.3

+3.8

-2.8

-2.7

Value

117.5

140.3

Volume

93.8

112.4

+22.8 +19.4 +12.0 +9.3 +18.6 +19.8 +2.2 +2.0

+11.6

+9.9

+1.7

+1.7

Fuels

Value

139.2

155.1

+15.8 +11.4

+21.2 +15.9

+14.7 +11.9

Volume

105.2

117.2

+12.1 +11.5

+9.9 +9.2 +4.7 +4.7

Clothing, footwear and

Value

168.8

212.9

allied products

Volume

131.2

167.4

+44.1 +26.1 +36.2 +27.6

+47.6 +28.8 +25.3 +17.8

+31.8 +25.$ +16.2

+14.2

Consumer durable goods

Value

155.9

167.8

Volume

138.0

148.7

+12.0 +7.7 +10.7 +7.8

+27.8 +19.9 +20.5 +16.0

+36.6 +29.1 +28.4 +24.2

Motor vehicles

Value

194.2

192.6

and parts

Volume

161.0

158.7

-1.6 -0.8 -2.4 -1.5

+28.4 +17.3 + 15.6 +10.9

+63.6 +49.6 +47.3 +41.2

Consumer durable

Value

128.1

149.9

goods other than

Volume

121.3

141.6

+21.8 +17.0 +20.2 +16.7

+27.4 +22.4 +24.1 +20,6

+17,0 +13.7 +14.7 +12.3

motor vehicles

and parts

Department stores

Value

133.8

170.2

Volume

106.7

137.9

+36.4 +27.2 +31.2 +29.2

+12.3 +7.8

+16.2

-0.5 -0.3

+14.1 +5.2 +4.9

Jewellery, watches

Value

129.5

162.3

+32.8 +25.3

and clocks,

and

Volume

136.2

172.0

+35.8 +26.3

+25.5 +18.6 +21.1 +18.1 +33.5 +24.2

+26.3

+22.7

valuable gifts

Other consumer goods

Value

157.4

186.5

not elsewhere

Volume

133.5

157.9

+29.1 +18.5 +24.4 +18.3

+30.8 +19.8 +17.8 +12.7

+24.1 +12.3

+19.3

+10.5

classified

NOTE : *This covers both "Motor vehicles and parts" and "Consumer durable goods other than motor vehicles and parts".

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