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
Retail Sales (Points)
(Monthly average of
Oct. 1999-Sep. 2000 = 100)

Value of Retail Sales
(HK$ million)

Percentage Change
(%)

Jan 2003
(Revised
figures)

Feb 2003
(Provisional
figures)

Jan 2003
(Revised
figures)

Feb 2003
(Provisional
figures)

Jan 2003
over
Jan 2002
Feb 2003
over
Feb 2002
Jan - Feb
2003
over
Jan - Feb
2002
All retail outlets

112.6

81.8

17,484
12,697
+9.9
-12.4
-0.8

By type of retail outlet
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.