Table 2: Volume index of retail sales by type of retail outlet for March and April 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Volume Index of Retail Sales (Points) |
Percentage Change (%) |
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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 | 98.1 |
88.2 |
-3.8 |
-12.2 |
-3.6 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 104.6 |
103.7 |
-0.8 |
-4.8 |
-0.5 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 128.8 |
127.4 |
+5.5 |
+5.3 |
+4.9 |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 65.5 |
69.9 |
-10.4 |
-14.7 |
-6.3 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 105.2 |
89.1 |
+4.7 |
-2.5 |
+4.6 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 97.9 |
115.1 |
-2.7 |
-2.8 |
-1.2 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 92.3 |
60.3 |
-20.4 |
-44.7 |
-22.5 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 100.9 |
106.6 |
+2.8 |
+8.6 |
+1.4 |
|
| Fuels | 62.6 |
63.4 |
-16.4 |
-15.9 |
-17.0 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 87.1 |
66.8 |
-14.9 |
-29.3 |
-9.2 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 86.4 |
67.9 |
-13.6 |
-29.6 |
-9.0 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 91.5 |
60.8 |
-21.8 |
-27.1 |
-10.2 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 130.5 |
120.2 |
+5.9 |
-6.7 |
+5.0 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 111.0 |
90.2 |
-1.0 |
-23.8 |
+3.9 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 157.7 |
142.9 |
+14.2 |
-1.6 |
+11.9 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 94.4 |
96.3 |
-9.5 |
-3.4 |
-14.0 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 132.7 |
140.5 |
+6.8 |
+2.8 |
+6.2 |
|
| Department stores | 88.5 |
73.1 |
-12.7 |
-19.7 |
-7.3 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 78.5 |
42.3 |
-15.4 |
-44.3 |
-19.9 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 95.5 |
94.5 |
+ 0.5 |
-6.8 |
-0.1 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 68.2 |
81.7 |
-17.6 |
-15.9 |
-9.3 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 94.0 |
103.4 |
+5.0 |
+1.3 |
+0.1 |
|
| - Optical shops | 100.7 |
79.0 |
-5.7 |
-28.1 |
-7.9 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 116.7 |
113.3 |
+6.1 |
+2.1 |
+3.7 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 87.9 |
82.6 |
+1.8 |
-11.2 |
+0.7 |
|
| 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 | 102.2 |
107.4 |
+3.2 |
+9.5 |
+2.0 |
| Note 2 : |
The underlined figure was rounded up to 5. |