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TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for March 1993 (Provisional Figure) = HK$13,579.9 million

for February 1993 (Revised Figure) = HK$12,419.5 million

TABLE 2 VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR FEBRUARY 1993 AND MARCH 1993

(Monthly average of Oct. 89 - Sept. 90 100)

Item

Index of Retail Sales

February

1993

March 1993

Harch 1993 compared with February 1993

Harch

1993

Jan-Mar. 1993

compared with

compared with

March 1992

Jan-Mar. 1992

(Revised

(Provisional figures) figures)

Points

Points X

Points X

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS

Value

132.2

144.6

Volume

114.2

125.3

+12.4 +9.3 +11.1 +9.7

+16.3 +12.7 +11.4 +10.1

+14.7 +8.4

+11.1

+7.0

(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET

NOTE :

Foodstuffs,

alcoholic

drinks and tobacco

Value

111.0

119.6

Volume

88.0

98.7

+8.6 +7.7 +10.7 +12.2

+4.1 +3.5

+6.4

+5.5

+2.8 +2.9

+1.2

+1.3

(other than

supermarkets)

Supermarkets ø

Value

111.3

133.4

Volume

87.4

103.6

+22.1 +19.9 +16.1 +18.5

+11.3 +9.2 +1.7 +1.7

+9.7

+7.8

+0.7 +0.6

Fuels

Value

117.6

Volume

89.1

128.4 94.9

+10.8 +9.2 +5.8 +6.5

-1.3 -1.0 -6.5 -6.4

+5.9 +4.8 +0.5 +0.5

Clothing, footwear and

allfed products

Value

135.7

171.0

Volume

113.2

139.9

+35.3 +26.0 +26.7 +23.6

+53.0 +44.9 +35.6 +34.1

+42.0 +29.5 +25.1 +19.8

Consumer durable goods *

Value

168.7

171.4

Volume

146.2

150.5

+2.7 +1.6 +4.3 +2.9

+21.3 +14.2 +19.6 +13.3 15.6 +11.6 +13.4 +10.1

Motor vehicles

Value

234.3

181.8

and parts

Volume

189.7

145.6

-52.5 -22.4 -44.2 -23.3

+4.8 +2.7 -6.3 -4.1

+9.3 +5.1 -2.1

-1.3

Consumer durable

Value

121.3

163.9

goods other then

Volume

114.7

154.1

+42.7 +35.2 +39.3 +34.3

+33.2 +25.4 +31.5 +25.7

+27.1 +22.5 +24.7 +21.6

motor vehicles

and parts

Department stores o

Value

123.6

118.6

Volume

104.2

97.6

-5.0 -4.1 -6.6 -6.3

+10.8 +10.0 +3.2 +3.4

+13.6 +10.5 +3.9 +3.4

Jewellery, watches

Value

124.8

155.5

and clocks, and

Volume

133.0

165.6

+30.8 +24.7 +32.6 +24.5

+9.7 +6.6 +20.2 +13.9

+11.2 +8.5 +18.1 +13.5

valuable gifts

Other consumer goods

Value

138.2

140.1

not elsewhere

Volume

115.4

116.5

+1.9 +1.4 +1.1 +1.0

+16.7 +11.7 +7.3 +6.7

.+5.7

+2.5 -2.0

classified

Excludes supermarkets operating in Department Stores. * This covers both "Motor vehicles and parts" and "Consumer durable goods other than motor vehicles and parts". ✔ Supermarkets of the same entities are also included.

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