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TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for October 1993 (Provisional Figure) = HK$15,322.7 million

for September 1993 (Revised Figure) * HK$15,265.9 million

TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR SEPTEMBER 1995 AND OCTOBER 1993

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

1tem

Index of Retail Sales

September

1993

October

1993

October 1993 compared with September 1993

October 1993 compared with October

1992

Jan-Oct. 1993 compared with Jan-Oct. 1992

(Revised

figures)

(Provisional

figures)

Points

Points

Points

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS

Value

162.6

163.2

Volume

134.0

133.9

+0.6 +0.4 -0.2 -0.1

+19.5 +13.6 +9.0 +7.2

+17.6

+12.6 +8.7 +7.1

(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

drinks and tobacco

(other than

supermarkets)

Supermarkets

Value

131.5

132.1

Vaļuma

103.4

100.5

+0.6 +0.5 -2.9 -2.8

+10.8 +8.9

-1.0

+7.8

+6.7

-1.0

+1.6

+1.7

Value

151.1

139.4

-11.7

Votume

113.7

104.3

-7.8 -9.4 -8.3

+14.9 +12.0

+4.2

+12.3

+9.6

+4.2

+2.5

+2.4

Fuels

Value

165.0

168.0

Volume

120.6

122.8

+3.0 +1.8 +2.2 +1.8

+5.6 +3.5 -1.9 -1.5

+12.0

+8.8

+3.8

+3.6

Clothing, footwear and

Value

192.0

201.9

allfed products

Volume

147.8

153.4

+9.9

+5.2 +5.6 +3.8

+42.0 +26.2 +22.9 +17.5

+47.0 +31.5 +27.2 +21.5

Consumer durable goods *

Value

196.1

175.2

Volume

166.8

147.8

-20.9 -10.7 -19.0 -11.4

+12.8 +7.9 +2.2 +1.5

+12.7 +7.8 +5.7 +3.9

-

Motor vehicles

Value

234.0

206.9

and perts

Volume

179.6

157.6

-27.1 -11.6 -22.0 -12.3

+24.0 +13.2 +4.7 +3.1

-0.7 -0.4 -12.7 -7.8

Consumer durable

Value

168.7

152.3

goods other than

Volume

157.5

140.7

-16.4 -9.7 -16.8 -10.6

+0.4

+4.6 +3.1 +22.4 +15.9 +0.3 +19.1 +14.2

motor vehicles

and parts

Department stores

Value

126.8

131.2

Volume

100.0

102.0

+4.3 +3.4 +2.0 +2.0

+1.2 +0.9 +11.6 +9.1 -5.5 -5.1 +2.2 +2.0

Jewellery, watches

Value

146.8

159.7

and clocks, and

Volume

145.2

160.3

+12.9 +8.8 +15.1 +10.4

+23.9 +17.6 +19.8 +14.1

+14.5 +10.7 +12.2 +8.7

valuable gifts

Other consumer goods

value

186.3

200.2

not elsewhera classified

Volume

151.9

162.6

+13.9 +7.4 +10.7 +7.0

+42.5 +26.9 +28.4 +21.2

+25.3 +14.5

+17.5

+11.5

NOTES: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.

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

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