Table 2: Volume index of retail sales by type of retail outlet for February and March 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Volume Index of Retail Sales (Points) |
Percentage Change (%) |
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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 | 87.7 |
98.1 |
-11.3 |
-3.7 |
-0.8 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 90.7 |
104.6 |
-12.7 |
-0.7 |
+1.0 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 105.9 |
129.1 |
-9.9 |
+5.8 |
+4.8 |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 47.0 |
65.6 |
- 5.5 |
-10.3 |
-2.6 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 103.2 |
104.8 |
-12.8 |
+4.3 |
+ 6.5 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 84.5 |
97.8 |
-12.6 |
-2.7 |
-0.6 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 92.2 |
92.6 |
-25.8 |
-20.1 |
-15.7 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 84.3 |
100.8 |
-20.8 |
+2.7 |
-0.9 |
|
| Fuels | 51.1 |
62.3 |
-19.0 |
-16.8 |
-17.6 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 93.2 |
87.3 |
-15.0 |
-14.7 |
-3.3 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 95.1 |
86.5 |
-12.0 |
- 13.5 |
-2.7 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 81.8 |
92.3 |
-31.0 |
-21.1 |
-6.1 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 98.2 |
131.0 |
+7.4 |
+6.3 |
+9.9 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 100.8 |
111.1 |
+21.9 |
-0.9 |
+15.2 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 117.4 |
158.3 |
+9.0 |
+14.6 |
+17.7 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 61.6 |
94.7 |
-23.1 |
-9.2 |
-17.2 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 81.9 |
133.4 |
+8.6 |
+7.3 |
+7.9 |
|
| Department stores | 92.2 |
88.5 |
-21.1 |
-12.7 |
-3.9 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 72.4 |
77.8 |
-18.3 |
-16.1 |
-13.6 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 90.7 |
95.8 |
-4.8 |
+0.8 |
+2.3 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 74.7 |
68.9 |
+0.9 |
-16.7 |
- 6.5 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 79.9 |
93.5 |
-24.9 |
+4.5 |
-0.4 |
|
| - Optical shops | 93.8 |
100.8 |
-2.6 |
-5.7 |
-0.6 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 101.5 |
116.7 |
-6.2 |
+6.1 |
+4.3 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 90.4 |
88.5 |
+0.4 |
+2.5 |
+5.0 |
|
| 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 | 86.1 |
102.2 |
-21.2 |
+3.2 |
-0.4 |
| Note 2 : |
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5. |