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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1994

TABLE 1: TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for December 1993 (Provisional Figure) = HK$17,730.9 million

for November 1993 (Revised Figure) - HK$15,008,0 million

TABLE 2 : VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR NOVEMBER 1993 AND DECEMBER 1993

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

Type of outlet

Index of Retail Sales

November 1993

December 1993

December 1993 compared with November 1993

December 1993

compared with

December 1992

Jan-Dec. 1993 compared with Jon-Dec. 1992

(Revised

figures)

(Provisional

figures)

Points

Points

Points

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS

Value

159.8

183.8

Volume

129.0

152.5

+29.0 +18.1 +23.6 +18.3

+22.3 +13.4 +8.8 +6.1

+18.0 +8.6

+12.7 46.9

(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

drinks and tobacco

Value

130.1

142.3

Volume

104.6

111.3

+12.1 +6.7

+9.3 +6.4

+11.4 -0.3

+8.7 -0.3

+7.8 +6.6

+1.1

+1.1

(other than

Bupermarkets)

Supermarkets #

Value

132.9

154.8

Volume

99.6

115.9

+21.9 +16.5 +16.3 +16.4

+14.4 +10.3

+12.7

+10.0

+3.5

+3.1

+2.8 +2.7

Fuels

Value

150.5

159.9

+9.4 +6.3

+4.8

+3.1

+11.3

+0.2

Volume

110.1

117.8

+7.7

+7.0

+0.6

+0.5

+3.6

+3.4

Clothing, footwear and

allied products

Value

221.0

268.3

+67.4 +21.4

+55.5 +26.1

+48.2

+30.6

Volume

158.2

194.6

+36.4 +23.0

+27,2 +16.3

+27.2

+20.9

Consumer durable goods

Value

185.4

185.2

-0.2 -0.1

Volume

155.2

157.1

+1.9 +1.2

+18.4 +11.0 +9.3 +6.3

+14.6

*9.0

+7.0

Motor vehicles

Value

225.3

193.1

-32.2 -14.3

and parts

Volume

171.8

147.0

-24.9 -14.5

+0.5 +0.2 +11.7 -7.4

+2.1

+1.1

-10.7 -6.6

Consumer durable

Value

156.6

179.5

+22.9 +14.6

goods other than

Volume

143.2

164.4

+21.2 +14.8

+31.4 +21.2 +24.5 +17.5

+23.7 +19.8

+16.8

+14.8

motor vehicles

and parts

Department stores

Value

144.6

195.2

Volume

107.5

147.2

+50.6 +35.0 +39.7 +37.0

+25.0 +14.7 +9.3 +6.7

+12.7 +9.6

+2.7 +2.4

Jewellery, watches

Value

142.7

179.1

and clocks, and

Volume

14.1

174.7

+36.4 +25.6 +33.6 +23.8

+16.8 +10.3 +2.8 +1.6

+14.6 +10.6 +10.8

+7.6

valuable gifts

Other consumer goods

Value

162.2

212.8

not elsewhere

Volume

131.5

172.6

+50.6 +31.2 +41.1 +31.3

+26.3 +14.1 +14.7

+9.3

+23.7 +15.9 +13.1

+10.2

classified

NOTES: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.

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