Table 2: Volume index of retail sales by type of retail outlet for July and August 2003 |
| Type of retail outlet | Volume Index of Retail Sales (Points) |
Percentage Change (%) |
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Jul 2003 |
Aug 2003 |
Jul 2003 over Jul 2002 | Aug 2003 over Aug 2002 | Jan - Aug 2003 over Jan - Aug 2002 |
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| All retail outlets | 101.1 |
102.7 |
-0.3 |
+3.0 |
-2.8 |
|
By type of retail outlet |
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| Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) | 100.0 |
111.4 |
+0.7 |
+8.0 |
+0.4 |
|
| - Fish, livestock and poultry, fresh or frozen | 107.2 |
117.9 |
+6.5 |
+7.9 |
+5.8 |
|
| - Fruits and vegetables, fresh | 75.4 |
73.9 |
-15.7 |
-8.1 |
-11.1 |
|
| - Bread, pastry, confectionery and biscuits | 106.6 |
138.9 |
+2.1 |
+23.4 |
+5.8 |
|
| - Other foodstuffs | 101.9 |
107.6 |
+3.0 |
+5.2 |
+ 1.5 |
|
| - Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 90.7 |
98.9 |
-9.6 |
+0.9 |
-21.4 |
|
| Supermarkets * | 102.9 |
103.2 |
-1.7 |
-0.7 |
-0.4 |
|
| Fuels | 74.3 |
68.1 |
-7.3 |
-8.4 |
-13.6 |
|
| Clothing, footwear and allied products | 109.3 |
102.2 |
-4.2 |
+2.1 |
-7.0 |
|
| - Wearing apparel | 109.2 |
96.9 |
-4.7 |
+1.8 |
-7.5 |
|
| - Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories | 109.9 |
133.5 |
-1.1 |
+3.3 |
-4.1 |
|
| Consumer durable goods | 113.4 |
121.6 |
+3.8 |
+3.7 |
+3.9 |
|
| - Motor vehicles and parts | 95.1 |
95.1 |
-15.6 |
-24.3 |
-8.2 |
|
| - Electrical goods and photographic equipment | 123.3 |
135.0 |
+17.3 |
+18.9 |
+12.1 |
|
| - Furniture and fixtures | 84.7 |
92.5 |
-2.7 |
+12.4 |
-6.2 |
|
| - Other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified | 153.1 |
167.4 |
+9.4 |
+9.8 |
+10.4 |
|
| Department stores | 98.5 |
106.3 |
-4.7 |
- 1.5 |
-5.6 |
|
| Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts | 84.8 |
79.5 |
-0.6 |
+2.3 |
-16.2 |
|
| Other consumer goods | 101.8 |
101.6 |
+2.8 |
+7.3 |
+0.5 |
|
| - Books, newspapers, stationery and gifts | 83.2 |
103.2 |
-12.4 |
+ 1.5 |
-9.0 |
|
| - Chinese drugs and herbs | 105.0 |
114.3 |
+3.4 |
+4.0 |
+2.4 |
|
| - Optical shops | 105.3 |
110.9 |
-5.1 |
+0.8 |
-8.1 |
|
| - Medicines and cosmetics | 117.1 |
112.8 |
+9.1 |
+10.3 |
+5.2 |
|
| - Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified | 94.7 |
85.9 |
+ 4.5 |
+9.7 |
+0.7 |
|
| * 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 | 104.6 |
105.0 |
-0.8 |
+0.2 |
+0.4 |