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TABLE 1. - TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for August 1995 (Provisional Figure) = HK$18,193.2 million

for July 1995 (Revised Figure) * HK$17,665.2 million

TABLE 2

_VALUE_ AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR JULY 1995 AND AUGUST 1995

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

Index number

Type

Type of Outlet

of

July

index

1995

(Revised

figures)

August 1995 (Provisional

figures)

August 1995 compared with

July 1995

August 1995 compared with August 1994

Jan Aug 1995 compared with Jen "Aug 1994

(Point)

(Point)

(Points) (0

(Points) (X)

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS

Value

183.1

193.7

+5.6

+3.0

Volume

138.6

142.4

+3.8

+2.7

+8.0 -2.2

(Points) (X)

+4.3 +8.8 +5.0 -1.5 -1.8 -1.3

(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS

Food, alcoholic drinks

Value

139.4

148.7

+9.3

and tobacco (other

Volume

100.2

100.3

+0.2

+6.7 +8.1 +0.2 +1.1

+5.8

+6.2

+4.7

+1.1

-2.2

-2.1

than supermarkets)

Supermarkets

Fuels

Value

175.4

177.1

+1.7

+1.0

+20.7

+13.2 +12.0

+7.7

Volume

115.7

116.2

+0.5

+0.2

+5.6

+5.0 -0.1

-0.1

Value

184.9

198.5

+13.6

+7.4

+11.3

+6.0

+11.6 +7.7

Volume

120.9

128.4

+7.5

+6.2

-0.5

-0.4 +0.2 +0.2

Clothing, footwear and

allied products

Value

305.9

315.6

+9.7

+3.2

+19.9

+6.7 +33.7 +13.5

Volume

196.9

208.3

+11.5

+5.8

-0.8

-0.4 +4.9

+13:3

Consumer durable goods

Value

136.7

144.7

+8.0

+5.9

-7.3

Volume

109.7

115.9

+6.2

+5.7

-11.4

-4.8] -20.1 -11.2 -9.0} -22.3 -14.8

Motor vehicles

Value

115.3

120.4

+5.1

-18.7 -13.4 -47.6 -25.8

and parts

Volume

77.0

79.9

+2.9

-19.5

-19.6 -44.5 -32.6

Consumer durable

Value

152.2

182.3

+10.2

goods other than

Volume

133.3

141.9

+8.7

motor vehicles

and parts

Department stores

Value

163.9

164.4

+0.5

+6.5

+0.3

+6.7 +1.0 -5.6

+0.6 -0.1 -0.1 -3.8 -6.2 -3.8

+6.5

+4.3

Volume

111.6

113.9

+2.3

+2.1 -9.1

-7.4

-5.1

-4.4

Jewellery, watches

Value

167.8

162.7

-5.1

and clocks, and

Volume

153.9

149.7

-4.3

-3.0 -1.4 -2.8 -6.1

-0.8 +8.1 -3.9 +4.7 +2.9

+4.8

valuable gifts

Other consumer goods

Vatue

249,1

282.5

not elsewhere

Volume

204.2

213.7

+13.4 +9.5

+5.0 +27.9 +4.7 +11.9

+10.9 +30.6 +15.5 +5.9 +15.8 +10.0

classified

NOTE: Not including supermarkets operating in department stores.

* denotes a figure within ±0.05,

The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.

Endt/Tuesday October 24. 1995