Table 2: Volume index of retail sales by type of retail outlet for June and July 2003

Type of retail outlet

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

Percentage Change (%)

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

93.6

100.9

-3.3
- 0.5
-3.7

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

97.6

100.2

-1.4
+0.8
-0.6
- Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen

110.6

107.2

+6.3
+6.5
+5.5
- Fruits and vegetables, fresh

77.2

75.6

-17.3
- 15.5
- 11.5
- Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits

103.3

106.8

+2.8
+2.3
+3.1
- Other foodstuffs

95.1

102.1

+2.1
+3.3
+1.0
- Alcoholic drinks and tobacco

76.0

90.7

-26.8
-9.6
-24.2
Supermarkets *

99.2

102.9

-6.0
-1.7
-0.4
Fuels

71.1

73.6

-12.0
-8.2
-14.4
Clothing, footwear and allied products

77.9

108.5

-6.1
-4.9
-8.4
- Wearing apparel

75.3

108.1

-8.0
-5.6
-8.9
- Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories

93.3

110.5

+4.1
- 0.5
-5.4
Consumer durable goods

111.3

113.3

+2.9
+3.7
+3.9
- Motor vehicles and parts

86.4

94.2

-19.3
-16.4
-5.6
- Electrical goods and photographic equipment

120.5

123.5

+10.4
+17.4
+11.2
- Furniture and fixtures

89.4

84.5

+3.9
-2.9
-8.4
- Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified

157.7

153.8

+ 18.5
+9.9
+10.6
Department stores

91.9

98.5

-3.6
-4.7
-6.2
Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts

76.8

84.5

-13.0
-1.0
-18.6
Other consumer goods

98.9

101.7

+0.6
+2.8
-0.4
- Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts

79.4

82.8

-12.4
-12.8
-10.8
- Chinese drugs and herbs

106.2

105.4

+4.7
+3.8
+2.2
- Optical shops

97.4

105.3

-9.1
-5.1
-9.4
- Medicines and cosmetics

114.1

117.5

+6.2
+9.5
+4.5
- Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified

92.0

94.2

+0.7
+3.9
-0.4
* 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

100.9

104.6

- 4.5
-0.8
+ 0.5
The underlined '5' denotes rounded up figures.