Table 1: Value index and value of retail sales by type of retail outlet for April and May 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Value Index of |
Value of Retail Sales |
Percentage Change |
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Apr 2003 |
May 2003 |
Apr 2003 |
May 2003 |
Apr 2003 over Apr 2002 | May 2003 over May 2002 | Jan - May 2003 over Jan - May 2002 |
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| All retail outlets | 82.0 |
88.8 |
12,723 |
13,789 |
-15.2 |
-11.1 |
-6.8 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 95.2 |
96.5 |
1,687 |
1,709 |
-7.0 |
-3.9 |
-3.4 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 111.7 |
106.8 |
642 |
614 |
+0.4 |
+2.3 |
# |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 63.9 |
73.0 |
144 |
165 |
-12.6 |
-13.0 |
-8.4 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 84.9 |
96.9 |
266 |
304 |
-4.9 |
-4.7 |
+0.9 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 108.6 |
107.4 |
539 |
533 |
-3.9 |
+5.0 |
- 1.5 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 59.5 |
58.6 |
96 |
95 |
-43.5 |
-41.9 |
- 24.5 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 107.9 |
107.1 |
2,229 |
2,213 |
+8.6 |
+0.6 |
+1.3 |
|
| Fuels | 69.3 |
77.1 |
451 |
501 |
-12.7 |
- 10.5 |
-12.2 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 65.5 |
83.5 |
1,317 |
1,681 |
-31.8 |
-19.1 |
-14.2 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 66.8 |
83.7 |
1,150 |
1,441 |
-32.2 |
-21.4 |
-14.6 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 57.7 |
82.5 |
168 |
240 |
-28.9 |
-2.2 |
-12.3 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 89.6 |
93.3 |
2,415 |
2,515 |
-16.4 |
-8.3 |
-6.0 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 75.2 |
80.0 |
556 |
592 |
-26.3 |
-16.4 |
-6.4 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 98.2 |
101.5 |
1,085 |
1,121 |
-15.8 |
-9.3 |
-3.7 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 88.5 |
87.6 |
403 |
400 |
- 9.5 |
-4.3 |
-14.4 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 94.1 |
101.9 |
371 |
401 |
-6.9 |
+6.2 |
-1.3 |
|
| Department stores | 69.7 |
89.8 |
1,030 |
1,326 |
-21.3 |
-8.9 |
-8.1 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 45.4 |
60.9 |
880 |
1,179 |
-42.2 |
-34.9 |
- 16.5 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 93.0 |
91.4 |
2,714 |
2,666 |
-8.3 |
-7.5 |
-2.9 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 90.4 |
92.2 |
437 |
446 |
-15.8 |
-13.4 |
-10.1 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 97.0 |
96.3 |
260 |
258 |
+1.5 |
+5.4 |
+0.3 |
|
| - Optical shops | 75.8 |
81.9 |
110 |
119 |
-28.9 |
-24.7 |
-13.7 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 111.3 |
101.5 |
1,087 |
991 |
+0.8 |
+0.4 |
+2.2 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 78.6 |
81.6 |
821 |
852 |
-13.8 |
-12.8 |
-4.0 |
|
| 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 | 108.2 |
108.6 |
2,384 |
2,392 |
+9.3 |
+1.7 |
+1.9 |
| Note 2 : Note 3 : Note 4 : |
The sum of individual items and the total shown might not exactly tally because of rounding. The underlined figures were rounded up to 5. # Denotes change within +0.05. |