Table 1: Value index and value of retail sales by type of retail outlet for January and February 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Value Index of |
Value of Retail Sales |
Percentage Change |
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Jan 2003 |
Feb 2003 |
Jan 2003 |
Feb 2003 |
Jan 2003 over Jan 2002 | Feb 2003 over Feb 2002 | Jan - Feb 2003 over Jan - Feb 2002 |
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| All retail outlets | 112.6 |
81.8 |
17,484 |
12,697 |
+9.9 |
-12.4 |
-0.8 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 120.7 |
84.6 |
2,137 |
1,499 |
+12.2 |
-15.9 |
-1.4 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 131.4 |
95.1 |
755 |
547 |
+13.7 |
-16.3 |
-1.2 |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 63.7 |
43.4 |
144 |
98 |
+5.3 |
-9.3 |
-1.2 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 134.4 |
98.8 |
421 |
309 |
+26.0 |
-14.7 |
+4.8 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 126.2 |
80.2 |
626 |
398 |
+8.3 |
-14.5 |
-1.9 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 118.6 |
91.0 |
191 |
147 |
-0.2 |
-23.9 |
-12.1 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 116.2 |
86.2 |
2,400 |
1,781 |
+16.1 |
- 19.5 |
-2.3 |
|
| Fuels | 79.2 |
55.8 |
515 |
363 |
-13.4 |
-13.8 |
-13.6 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 120.9 |
77.3 |
2,434 |
1,556 |
+14.4 |
-18.9 |
-1.4 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 115.7 |
78.3 |
1,992 |
1,348 |
+13.0 |
-15.8 |
-0.7 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 151.9 |
71.6 |
442 |
208 |
+21.6 |
-34.5 |
-4.6 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 98.7 |
76.4 |
2,660 |
2,059 |
+5.2 |
-2.9 |
+1.5 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 101.5 |
81.1 |
751 |
600 |
+13.8 |
+9.9 |
+12.0 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 104.2 |
87.2 |
1,151 |
963 |
+16.9 |
-2.5 |
+7.2 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 103.1 |
59.9 |
470 |
273 |
-20.8 |
-24.1 |
-22.1 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 73.2 |
56.3 |
288 |
222 |
-0.8 |
-1.3 |
-1.0 |
|
| Department stores | 131.4 |
84.5 |
1,941 |
1,248 |
+19.9 |
-20.8 |
-0.2 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 106.8 |
82.0 |
2,068 |
1,587 |
+4.1 |
-7.4 |
-1.2 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 114.1 |
89.3 |
3,329 |
2,604 |
+7.8 |
-5.6 |
+ 1.5 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 107.1 |
82.8 |
518 |
400 |
-3.2 |
+1.2 |
-1.3 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 120.7 |
75.3 |
323 |
202 |
+17.9 |
-26.1 |
-4.0 |
|
| - Optical shops | 104.2 |
89.6 |
151 |
130 |
+2.4 |
-6.4 |
-1.9 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 130.9 |
99.4 |
1,278 |
971 |
+10.7 |
-6.8 |
+2.4 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 101.4 |
86.3 |
1,059 |
902 |
+8.4 |
-0.9 |
+3.9 |
|
| Note 1 : | * These figures do not include sales in supermarket sections of department stores. Supplementary statistics that include such sales are shown below : |
| Supermarkets and supermarket sections of department stores | 118.6 |
87.4 |
2,612 |
1,925 |
+17.7 |
-19.9 |
-1.9 |
| Note 2 : Note 3 : |
The sum of individual items and the total shown might not exactly tally because of rounding. The underlined figures were rounded up to 5. |