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) |
Percentage Change (%) |
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Jun 2003 |
Jul 2003 |
Jun 2003 over Jun 2002 | Jul 2003 over Jul 2002 | Jan - Jul 2003 over Jan - Jul 2002 |
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| All retail outlets | 93.6 |
100.9 |
-3.3 |
- 0.5 |
-3.7 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| 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 |
|