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MONDAY, MAY 3, 1993

SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED THE LARGEST YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE, BY 21% IN VALUE AND 19% IN VOLUME, WHILE SALES OF CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR WENT UP BY 24% IN VALUE AND 14% IN VOLUME.

SALES OF JEWELLERY AND WATCHES INCREASED BY 10% IN VALUE 13% IN VOLUME, MAINLY OWING TO A CONTINUED HIGH LEVEL OF SPENDING JEWELLERY BY TOURISTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM CHINA.

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MEANWHILE, MODERATE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES (BY 11% IN VALUE AND 3% IN VOLUME); SALES OF FUELS (BY 8% AND 4%); SALES IN SUPERMARKETS (BY 7% IN VALUE BUT PRACTICALLY NO CHANGE IN VOLUME); SALES OF OTHER FOODSTUFFS (7% AND 1%); AND SALES OF MOTOR CARS (6% IN VALUE BUT VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE IN VOLUME).

THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES IS DERIVED FROM THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AFTER ADJUSTING FOR PRICE CHANGES. THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED AS DEFLATORS.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE FEBRUARY 1993 RESULTS NOW ON SALE AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, WAN CHAI.

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

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL TABLE

SALES FIGURE JANUARY 1993 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY 1993.

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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1993 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL 1990 OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF THE FEBRUARY 1993 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY THE 1993 AND FEBRUARY 1992, AS WELL AS COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN PERIOD JANUARY TO FEBRUARY OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, ALSO GIVEN.

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