Table 1: Value index and value of retail sales by type of retail outlet for June and July 2003

Type of retail outlet

Value Index of
Retail Sales (Points)
(Monthly average of
Oct. 1999-Sep. 2000 = 100)

Value of Retail Sales
(HK$ million)

Percentage Change
(%)

Jun 2003
(Revised
figures)

Jul 2003
(Provisional
figures)

Jun 2003
(Revised
figures)

Jul 2003
(Provisional
figures)

Jun 2003
over
Jun 2002
Jul 2003
over
Jul 2002
Jan - Jul
2003
over
Jan - Jul
2002
All retail outlets

87.6

94.1

13,600
14,602
- 6.5
-2.7
-6.2

By type of retail outlet
Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets)

89.8

92.6

1,589
1,640
-3.4
-0.9
-3.1
- Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen

96.0

92.9

552
534
+1.1
+1.4
+0.2
- Fruits and vegetables, fresh

72.2

71.0

163
160
-14.4
- 13.5
-10.3
- Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits

98.1

101.7

307
318
+0.1
#
+0.7
- Other foodstuffs

89.9

97.1

446
482
+1.4
+2.9
-0.6
- Alcoholic drinks and tobacco

75.3

90.7

121
146
-25.6
-7.0
-22.3
Supermarkets *

100.3

104.7

2,073
2,162
-5.3
-1.4
-0.1
Fuels

76.6

79.3

498
516
-11.3
-7.0
-11.2
Clothing, footwear and allied products

70.5

94.4

1,418
1,899
-13.4
-10.2
-13.5
- Wearing apparel

68.5

94.2

1,179
1,621
-14.9
-11.0
-14.0
- Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories

82.3

95.6

239
278
-4.9
-5.6
-10.4
Consumer durable goods

85.2

87.6

2,295
2,359
-6.3
-3.6
-5.7
- Motor vehicles and parts

74.2

81.2

549
601
-18.5
-12.5
-8.9
- Electrical goods and photographic equipment

87.3

90.2

964
997
-3.8
+3.2
-2.9
- Furniture and fixtures

82.3

79.3

375
362
-4.1
-7.1
-12.2
- Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified

103.3

101.6

406
400
+6.8
-1.0
-0.1
Department stores

86.0

91.3

1,270
1,349
-7.0
-5.1
-7.6
Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts

84.7

91.6

1,641
1,773
-10.9
+0.9
-13.1
Other consumer goods

96.5

99.6

2,815
2,904
-1.3
+1.4
-2.0
- Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts

87.6

91.3

423
441
-12.4
-13.1
-10.9
- Chinese drugs and herbs

100.0

100.2

268
268
+5.1
+4.9
+1.6
- Optical shops

88.3

95.3

128
138
-14.8
-12.0
-13.6
- Medicines and cosmetics

111.6

115.6

1,089
1,128
+5.2
+9.4
+3.6
- Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified

86.8

88.8

906
928
-2.2
+1.7
-2.8
* 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

101.4

105.7

2,235
2,328
-4.1
-0.6
+0.6
# Denotes change within +0.05.
The sum of individual items and the total shown might not exactly tally because of rounding.
The underlined '5' denotes rounded up figures.