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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1994

TABLE 1 =

TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for August

for July

1996 (Revised Figure)

1994 (Provisional Figure) = HK$17,441,5 million

• HCS17, 156.7 million

TABLE 2 _:__VALUE AND VOLUME 110ICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR JULT 1995 AID, AUKUST 1994

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

Type of Outlet

Index of Retail Sales

Index for

July

1994

Index for

August 1994

August compared with July

1994

1994

August compared

with August 1993

1994

Jan. -Aug. 1994

compared with

Jan.-Aug. 1993

(Revised

(Provisional

(Points) (1)

(Points)

(*) (Points) (*)

figures)

figures)

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS

value

182.7

185.7

+3.0

+1.7

Volume

143.2

144.6

+1.4

+1.0

+3.4

+19.7 +12.7

-6.9

(8) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET

Foodstuffs, alcoholic

drinks and tobacco

(other than

Supermarkets)

Value

139.9

139.6

-0.3

-0.2

+5.1

Volume

105.0

98.5

-6.4

-6.1 -9.6

+3.8: +0.5 5.9 -3.5

+7.7

-3.5

Supermarkets

Value

157.7.

156.7

-1.0

Volume

111.5

110,8

-0.7

-0.6! *12.3 -0.6 +1.6

*8.5 +15.9 +1.4* -4.7

+11.4

Fuels

Vaive

183.5

187.3

+3.8

Volume

126.4

125.9

+2.1] +20.6 +2.4 +1,9

+7.0

+12.3) -6.1 +5.6 +1.6 +1.5

Clothing, footwear and

Value

250.5

295.7

allied products

Volume

179.1

209.1

*45.2 +18.0 +56.6 +30.1 -16.0 +23.7

+23.7 +53.8 +27,4 +12.8 +22.0 +12.2

Consumer durable goods.

Value

186.9

152.0

Volume

152.0

127.3

-34.9 -18.7 -25.4 -24.7 -16.2

-14.3 +6.5 +3.8 -26.7 -17.3 -0.2 -0.1

+

Kotor vehicles

Value

245.5

139.1

and parts

Volume

180.0

99.4

-106.4 -43.3 -41.4 -22.9 +1.3 -80.5 -44,7 -39.7 -28.5 -8.2

+0.7

+

Consumer durable

Value

144.5

161.3

goods other than

Volume

131.8

147.5

+16.8 +11.6 +15.7 +11.9

+ 13.9 -17.2

-7.9

*10.3 -10,41 -6.0

+6.3

+3.9

motor vehicles

and parts

Department stores

Value

155.9

164.9

+9.0

Volume

116,4

123.3

+6.5

45.8 +6.5 +5.6 +3.6

+4.1 +11.4 +8.0 -2.9 +1.8 +1.5

Jewellery, watches

Value

168.9

164.5

-4.4

and clocks, and

Volume

159.6

156.2

-3.4

-2.6 +17.3 +11.B +21.4 +14.3 -2.1 +17.4 +12.5 +10.7 +7.0

valuable gifts

Other consumer goods.

Value

225.8

not elsewhere

Volume

179.2

254.6 201.5

+28.9 +12.0 +50.1 +22.6 +12.6 +32.7

+24.5 +34.2 +20.8 +19.4 +22.5 +16.5

classified

NOTE : # Not including supermarkets operating in department stores,

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