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TABLE 1 :

TOTAL RETAIL SALES

Total Retail Sales for September 1995 (Provisional Figure) = HK$17,411.6 million

for August 1995 (Revised Figure)

JAN

= HK$18,193.2 million

TABLE 2: VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES FOR AUGUST 1995 AND SEPTEMBER 1995

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(Monthly average of Oct 89 Sept 90 = 100)

Index number

Type of Outlet

туре of

September 1995

August

index

1995 (Revised

September

1995 (Provisional

compared with

September 1995 compared with

August 1995

September 1994

Jan Sep 1995 compared with Jan Sep 1994

اله

figures)

figures)

ין

(Point)

(Point)

(Points) (X)

(Points)

(X)

(Points) (*)

(A) FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS

Value

193.7

185.4

-8.3

-6.3

+7.0

+4.0

+8.6

*4.9

Volume

142.4

136,4

-6.0

-4.2

-2.8

-2.0

-1.9

-1.4

(B) BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLETS

Food, alcoholic drinks

and tobacco (other

than supermarkets)

Value

148.7

148.0

-0.7

-0.

+0.8

+0.6 +5.6

+4.2

Volume

100.3

100.3

-8.5

-7.8

-2.9

-2.8

Supermarkets

Value

177.1

184.9

+7.8

+4.4

Volume

116.2

120.1

+3.8

+3.3

+19.6 +4.0

+11.8 +12.8 +8.2 +3.4 +0.4 +0.3

Fuels

Value

198:5

168.7

Volume

128.4

109.1

29.9 -15.0 -0.4 - 19.3 -15.0 -7.2

-0.2 +10.3 +6.7 -6.2 -0.7 -0.6

Clothing, footwear and

value

315.6

allied products

Volume

208.3

273.0 178.8.

-42.6 -13.5 +34.3 -29.5 -14.2 +10.6

+14.4 +33.8 +13.6 +3.1 +6.3 +5.5

Consumer durable goods

Value

144.7

174.9

Volume

115.9

140.1

+30.1 +20.8 -15.8 +24.2 +20.9 -18.1

-8.3

-10.9 -19.6 -11.4 -21.8 -14.4

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Motor vehicles

Value

120.4

134.2 ::

and parts

Volume

79.9

88.9

+13.8 +11.5 +46.7 +9.0 +11.2 -39.1

-25.8 -30.5

-25.8

-32.4

=

Consumer durable

Value

162.3

204.3

+41.9

goods other than

Volume

141.9

177.2

+35.2

+25.8 +24.8

+6.

+3.3 +0.6

+0.3

-3.0

-1,6 -5.8

-3.6

motor vehicles

and parts

Department stores

Value

164.4

136.5

Volume

113.9

94.7

-25.9 -19.2

-15.7 +0.8 -16.9 -7.2

+0.6 +5.9 -7.0 -5.3

+3.9

-4.7

Jewellery, watches

Vatur

162.7

164.7

+2.0

and clocks, and

Volume:

149,7

151.9

+2.2

1.2 +11.0 +1.5 +6.1

+7.1 +8.5 +5.0 +4.9 +4.2

+3.0

valuable gifts

Other consumer goods

Value

282.5

244.5

not elsewhere

Volume

213.7

181.9

-38.0 -13.5 +17.5 -31.8 -14.9 +4.2

+7.7 +29.2 +2.3

+14.5

+14.5 +9.0

classified

MOTE Not Including supermarkets operating in department stores.

# denotes a figure within 10.05

The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.

End/Thursday, November 23, 1995

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