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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1994

SALES OF THESE TWO ITEMS INCREASED BY 24% AND 17% IN VALUE AND BOTH 14% IN VOLUME.

RESPECTIVELY

OF FOODSTUFFS, MODERATE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE SALES

VALUE

5% AND

IN VOLUME); (12% IN AND DRINKS

TOBACCO ALCOHOLIC SUPERMARKETS (9% IN VALUE AND 2% IN VOLUME); AND DEPARTMENT STORES (9% IN VALUE AND 2% IN VOLUME),

VALUE, BUT SALES OF JEWELLERY AND WATCHES INCREASED BY 5% IN WITH VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE IN VOLUME. SALES OF FUELS INCREASED BY 2% VALUE, BUT DROPPED BY 4% IN VOLUME.

IN

ON THE OTHER HAND, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES DECREASED BY 23% VALUE AND 29% IN VOLUME.

IN

-IN

IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARED

1994, BUT BEARING WITH AUGUST COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES SEPTEMBER 1994 DECREASED BY 4% IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

WITH THE COMPARING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1994 SAME PERIOD IN 1993, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 12% IN VALUE AND 6% IN VOLUME.

RETAIL

OF

THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES IS DERIVED FROM THE VALUE OF

THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS SALES AFTER ADJUSTING FOR PRICE CHANGES. THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED AS DEFLATORS.

THE

SEPTEMBER

1994

OF THE THE ANALYSIS CONTAINING REPORT

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT $3 A COPY AT THE

CENTRAL: AND CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE WHOLESALE AND

TRADE STATISTICS SECTION RETAIL STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 802 1258.

OF

DIRECTED TO THE

CENSUS THE

AND

FIGURE SALES 1 TABLE

PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL AUGUST 1994 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR SEPTEMBER 1994.

FOR

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1994 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL 1990 OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER TAKEN AS 100.

IN

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

WITH THE SAME

/TABLE 1