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

Percentage Change (%)

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

119.7

87.9

+11.7
-11.1
+0.8

By type of retail outlet
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.