Table 1: Value index and value of retail sales by type of retail outlet for February and March 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Value Index of |
Value of Retail Sales |
Percentage Change |
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Feb 2003 |
Mar 2003 |
Feb 2003 |
Mar 2003 |
Feb 2003 over Feb 2002 | Mar 2003 over Mar 2002 | Jan - Mar 2003 over Jan - Mar 2002 |
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| All retail outlets | 81.7 |
91.3 |
12,680 |
14,180 |
-12.6 |
-6.0 |
-2.5 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 84.7 |
97.1 |
1,499 |
1,720 |
-15.9 |
-3.3 |
-2.0 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 95.1 |
114.7 |
547 |
659 |
-16.3 |
+0.1 |
-0.8 |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 43.6 |
61.0 |
98 |
138 |
-8.9 |
-9.7 |
-4.3 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 98.8 |
100.1 |
309 |
313 |
-14.7 |
+2.9 |
+4.2 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 80.2 |
92.8 |
398 |
460 |
-14.5 |
-4.7 |
-2.8 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 91.0 |
92.6 |
147 |
149 |
-23.9 |
-17.0 |
-13.7 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 86.2 |
102.2 |
1,781 |
2,111 |
- 19.5 |
+2.2 |
-0.8 |
|
| Fuels | 55.8 |
68.9 |
363 |
448 |
-13.8 |
-11.2 |
-12.8 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 76.8 |
79.5 |
1,545 |
1,599 |
- 19.5 |
-17.6 |
-6.8 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 77.7 |
78.7 |
1,337 |
1,355 |
-16.5 |
-16.4 |
-6.1 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 71.6 |
84.0 |
208 |
244 |
-34.5 |
-23.5 |
-10.7 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 76.2 |
99.3 |
2,054 |
2,676 |
-3.1 |
-4.8 |
-0.9 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 80.9 |
93.2 |
598 |
690 |
+ 9.5 |
- 5.5 |
+5.3 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 87.0 |
110.8 |
961 |
1,224 |
-2.7 |
-2.2 |
+ 3.5 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 59.8 |
89.2 |
273 |
407 |
-24.2 |
-12.3 |
-18.9 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 56.2 |
90.3 |
221 |
355 |
-1.4 |
-2.7 |
-1.8 |
|
| Department stores | 84.5 |
82.6 |
1,248 |
1,221 |
-20.8 |
-13.3 |
-4.2 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 82.0 |
86.0 |
1,589 |
1,666 |
-7.3 |
-8.2 |
-3.5 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 89.2 |
93.9 |
2,601 |
2,740 |
-5.7 |
-0.9 |
+0.7 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 82.3 |
76.0 |
398 |
367 |
+0.7 |
-16.9 |
-6.5 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 75.3 |
88.3 |
202 |
237 |
-26.1 |
+3.2 |
-1.9 |
|
| - Optical shops | 89.6 |
96.2 |
130 |
140 |
-6.4 |
-9.2 |
-4.4 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 99.4 |
114.5 |
971 |
1,118 |
-6.8 |
+5.0 |
+3.2 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 86.2 |
84.1 |
900 |
879 |
-1.1 |
+ 0.5 |
+2.8 |
|
| 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 | 87.4 |
102.9 |
1,925 |
2,268 |
-19.9 |
+2.7 |
-0.4 |
| 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. |