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ON THE OTHER HAND, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES DROPPED BY VALUE AND 10% IN VOLUME.

PERIOD VOLUME.

3% IN

SAME 12% IN

COMPARING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO MARCH 1994 WITH THE

1993, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 18% IN VALUE AND

MIND THAT THIS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1994, AND BEARING IN COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES MARCH 1994 INCREASED BY 4% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME.

IN

RETAIL OF

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

SALES FIGURE FOR TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL FEBRUARY 1994 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR MARCH 1994.

IN

RETAIL 1990

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1994 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER TAKEN AS 100.

FEBRUARY

COMPARISONS OF THE MARCH 1994 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR 1994 AND THOSE FOR MARCH 1993, AS WELL AS COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES PERIOD IN IN THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO MARCH OF 1994 WITH THE SAME 1993 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE MARCH 1994 RESULTS IS SALES THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS NOW ON SALE AT $3 PER COPY AT

CENTRAL; AND CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE,

AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT

OF

DIRECTED TO THE

THE CENSUS

AND

SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 802 1258.

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