Table 2: Volume index of retail sales by type of retail outlet for April and May 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Volume Index of Retail Sales (Points) |
Percentage Change (%) |
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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 | 88.2 |
95.7 |
-12.2 |
-7.4 |
-4.4 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 103.6 |
105.4 |
-4.9 |
-1.3 |
-0.7 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 127.4 |
123.2 |
+5.3 |
+7.3 |
+5.3 |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 69.4 |
79.1 |
-15.3 |
-15.8 |
-8.9 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 89.1 |
102.2 |
-2.5 |
-1.8 |
+3.3 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 115.1 |
114.0 |
-2.8 |
+7.3 |
+ 0.5 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 59.4 |
58.5 |
-45.4 |
-43.3 |
-26.4 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 106.6 |
105.7 |
+8.6 |
+0.1 |
+1.2 |
|
| Fuels | 63.0 |
70.5 |
-16.4 |
-13.2 |
-16.3 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 67.5 |
90.9 |
-28.6 |
-11.5 |
- 9.5 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 68.6 |
91.0 |
-28.8 |
-13.7 |
-9.8 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 60.8 |
90.7 |
-27.1 |
+3.8 |
-7.9 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 120.2 |
122.7 |
-6.8 |
+0.9 |
+4.2 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 90.2 |
93.1 |
-23.8 |
-16.8 |
- 0.5 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 142.8 |
142.9 |
-1.7 |
+4.8 |
+10.4 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 95.8 |
94.1 |
-3.9 |
+0.6 |
-11.4 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 141.2 |
154.7 |
+3.4 |
+18.4 |
+9.1 |
|
| Department stores | 73.1 |
95.7 |
-19.7 |
-5.4 |
-6.9 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 42.3 |
56.2 |
-44.2 |
-36.6 |
-23.2 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 94.5 |
92.9 |
-6.8 |
-5.9 |
-1.3 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 82.0 |
83.7 |
-15.6 |
-13.1 |
-10.0 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 103.4 |
102.6 |
+1.3 |
+6.9 |
+1.4 |
|
| - Optical shops | 79.6 |
89.7 |
-27.6 |
-19.9 |
-10.4 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 113.3 |
103.2 |
+2.1 |
+1.3 |
+3.3 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 82.5 |
85.6 |
-11.3 |
-10.7 |
-1.7 |
|
| 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 | 107.4 |
107.8 |
+9.5 |
+1.5 |
+1.9 |
| Note 2 : |
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5. |