Table 1: Value index and value of retail sales by type of retail outlet for March and April 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Value Index of |
Value of Retail Sales |
Percentage Change |
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Mar 2003 |
Apr 2003 |
Mar 2003 |
Apr 2003 |
Mar 2003 over Mar 2002 | Apr 2003 over Apr 2002 | Jan - Apr 2003 over Jan - Apr 2002 |
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| All retail outlets | 91.3 |
81.9 |
14,171 |
12,714 |
-6.1 |
-15.2 |
-5.7 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 97.1 |
95.4 |
1,719 |
1,689 |
-3.4 |
-6.9 |
-3.2 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 114.4 |
111.7 |
657 |
642 |
-0.2 |
+0.4 |
-0.5 |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 60.9 |
64.3 |
138 |
145 |
-9.8 |
-12.0 |
-6.6 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 100.4 |
84.9 |
315 |
266 |
+3.3 |
-4.9 |
+2.3 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 92.9 |
108.6 |
461 |
538 |
-4.6 |
-3.9 |
-3.0 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 92.3 |
60.3 |
149 |
97 |
-17.3 |
-42.7 |
-20.4 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 102.2 |
107.9 |
2,112 |
2,229 |
+2.3 |
+8.6 |
+1.5 |
|
| Fuels | 69.3 |
69.7 |
451 |
454 |
-10.7 |
-12.2 |
-12.5 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 79.3 |
64.8 |
1,596 |
1,304 |
-17.8 |
-32.5 |
-13.1 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 78.6 |
66.0 |
1,354 |
1,136 |
-16.5 |
-33.0 |
-12.9 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 83.3 |
57.7 |
242 |
168 |
-24.2 |
-28.9 |
-14.3 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 98.9 |
89.7 |
2,664 |
2,418 |
-5.2 |
-16.3 |
-5.3 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 92.8 |
75.2 |
686 |
556 |
-5.9 |
-26.3 |
-3.7 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 110.4 |
98.3 |
1,220 |
1,086 |
-2.6 |
-15.7 |
-2.1 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 88.9 |
88.9 |
405 |
405 |
-12.6 |
-9.0 |
-16.6 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 89.7 |
94.0 |
353 |
370 |
-3.4 |
-7.0 |
-3.6 |
|
| Department stores | 82.6 |
69.7 |
1,221 |
1,030 |
-13.3 |
-21.3 |
-8.0 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 86.7 |
45.4 |
1,679 |
878 |
-7.5 |
-42.3 |
-11.7 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 93.6 |
93.0 |
2,730 |
2,712 |
-1.2 |
-8.3 |
-1.7 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 75.2 |
90.1 |
364 |
435 |
-17.8 |
-16.1 |
-9.3 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 88.8 |
97.0 |
238 |
260 |
+3.7 |
+1.5 |
-0.9 |
|
| - Optical shops | 96.1 |
75.3 |
140 |
109 |
-9.3 |
-29.4 |
-10.9 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 114.4 |
111.3 |
1,117 |
1,087 |
+5.0 |
+0.8 |
+2.6 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 83.5 |
78.6 |
872 |
821 |
-0.3 |
-13.7 |
-1.6 |
|
| 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 | 103.0 |
108.2 |
2,269 |
2,384 |
+2.7 |
+9.3 |
+2.0 |
| Note 2 : | The sum of individual items and the total shown might not exactly tally because of rounding. |