Table 2: Volume index of retail sales by type of retail outlet for January and February 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Volume Index of Retail Sales (Points) |
Percentage Change (%) |
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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 | 119.7 |
87.9 |
+11.7 |
-11.1 |
+0.8 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 129.8 |
90.7 |
+15.1 |
-12.7 |
+1.8 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 147.5 |
105.9 |
+17.8 |
-9.9 |
+4.3 |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 70.0 |
46.8 |
+8.3 |
-5.8 |
+2.1 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 140.7 |
103.2 |
+29.6 |
-12.8 |
+7.4 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 132.8 |
84.5 |
+10.7 |
-12.6 |
+0.3 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 120.0 |
92.2 |
-1.4 |
-25.8 |
-13.7 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 115.1 |
84.3 |
+17.0 |
-20.8 |
-2.6 |
|
| Fuels | 73.7 |
51.1 |
-17.2 |
-19.0 |
-18.0 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 136.2 |
93.9 |
+18.0 |
-14.4 |
+2.2 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 130.1 |
95.9 |
+15.7 |
-11.3 |
+ 2.5 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 172.1 |
81.8 |
+29.2 |
-31.0 |
+0.8 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 123.6 |
98.8 |
+16.3 |
+8.0 |
+ 12.5 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 125.0 |
101.3 |
+28.1 |
+ 22.5 |
+ 25.5 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 135.9 |
118.4 |
+30.9 |
+9.9 |
+20.2 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 107.2 |
61.7 |
-20.0 |
-23.0 |
-21.1 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 105.1 |
82.0 |
+8.2 |
+8.8 |
+ 8.5 |
|
| Department stores | 142.1 |
92.2 |
+20.7 |
-21.1 |
-0.1 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 96.4 |
72.3 |
-7.3 |
-18.4 |
-12.4 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 116.2 |
90.8 |
+10.0 |
-4.7 |
+3.0 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 97.1 |
75.1 |
-3.4 |
+1.4 |
-1.4 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 128.0 |
79.9 |
+20.0 |
-24.9 |
-2.4 |
|
| - Optical shops | 109.2 |
93.8 |
+ 6.5 |
-2.6 |
+2.1 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 133.7 |
101.5 |
+12.2 |
-6.2 |
+3.4 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 106.7 |
90.5 |
+11.5 |
+0.6 |
+6.2 |
|
| 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 | 118.3 |
86.1 |
+18.8 |
-21.2 |
-2.2 |
| Note 2 : |
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5. |