Table 1 : Retail Sales for February 2000 and March 2000
Provisional Figure for March 2000
Revised Figure for February 2000 		= HK$15,351.3 million
= HK$14,123.3 million

Type of retail outlet Type
of
index		 Index number
(Monthly average of Oct. 94 - Sep. 95 = 100)		 % Change
Jan 2000
(Revised
figures)		 Feb 2000
(Revised
figures)		 Mar 2000
(Provisional
figures)		 Jan 2000
over
Jan 1999		 Feb 2000
over
Feb 1999		 Mar 2000
over
Mar 1999		 Jan - Mar 2000
over
Jan - Mar 1999
(Points) (Points) (Points) (%) (%) (%) (%)
(A) All retail outlets Value
Volume		 102.3
103.9		 81.3
82.0		 88.4
90.2		 +12.6
+20.6		 +0.3
+5.9		 +8.9
+15.3		 +7.5
+14.2

(B)
By type of retail outlet
Food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (other than supermarkets) Value
Volume		 122.5
115.8		 95.3
89.7		 106.6
102.9		 +8.5
+6.4		 -5.7
-5.5		 +0.6
#		 +1.4
+0.6
Supermarkets * Value
Volume		 132.5
115.2		 123.2
105.7		 116.9
99.4		 +16.4
+28.7		 -5.5
+3.4		 +8.7
+19.1		 +5.9
+16.4
Fuels Value
Volume		 97.6
84.4		 72.4
60.6		 87.4
72.1		 +14.1
+13.1		 +10.7
+4.5		 +10.5
+2.7		 +11.9
+7.1
Clothing, footwear and allied products Value
Volume		 83.2
97.8		 62.0
76.4		 66.6
80.5		 -4.3
+11.6		 -12.1
+1.8		 +9.9
+23.7		 -2.9
+11.8
- Wearing apparel Value
Volume		 79.5
95.0		 58.6
73.7		 63.0
77.5		 -6.0
+10.0		 -10.9
+3.7		 +8.2
+22.4		 -3.6
+11.6
- Footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories Value
Volume		 109.6
121.8		 86.3
98.6		 92.4
104.5		 +5.8
+21.2		 -17.8
-7.9		 +19.2
+30.8		 +0.8
+13.0
Consumer durable goods Value
Volume		 98.3
111.2		 73.2
82.9		 109.7
126.3		 +24.3
+36.0		 +19.5
+29.6		 +32.9
+44.2		 +26.2
+37.4
- Motor vehicles and parts Value
Volume		 70.1
80.7		 51.7
60.0		 96.5
113.1		 +46.3
+45.8		 +47.5
+48.4		 +49.9
+52.4		 +48.2
+49.3
- Furniture and fixtures Value
Volume		 157.0
158.7		 80.2
80.4		 112.2
115.2		 +15.8
+28.0		 +3.3
+9.5		 +9.7
+19.0		 +10.8
+20.4
- Other consumer durable goods Value
Volume		 102.3
117.1		 88.0
100.6		 119.3
138.2		 +18.7
+34.8		 +14.5
+27.9		 +31.5
+47.3		 +22.0
+37.3
Department stores Value
Volume		 84.8
87.9		 68.7
72.8		 57.0
58.9		 +14.2
+23.9		 -2.3
+5.0		 -1.0
+3.2		 +4.1
+11.3
Jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts Value
Volume		 98.0
108.3		 76.2
80.2		 75.9
82.2		 +20.4
+23.0		 -4.3
-7.5		 +7.6
+7.2		 +8.0
+7.7
Other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified Value
Volume		 115.4
103.1		 93.9
83.2		 97.5
86.2		 +11.6
+17.9		 +9.5
+14.2		 -1.9
+2.2		 +6.3
+11.4

Note 1 : * The figures for "supermarkets" above do not include sales in supermarket sections of department stores. Below are supplementary statistics that include such sales.

  Supermarkets and supermarket sections of department stores Value
Volume		 128.6
113.3		 120.0
104.8		 112.0
96.4		 +15.4
+29.3		 -6.3
+4.3		 +6.6
+18.3		 +4.7
+16.6
Note 2 :
Note 3 : 		The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.
# Denotes change within +0.05.



Table 2 : Movement of Total Retail Sales Volume, January 1999 - March 2000
Original Series Seasonally Adjusted Series
Year/Month Year-on-year
rate of change (%)		 3 months ending
Month/Year		 Compared with the
3 months ending
Month/Year		 Rate of change (%)@
1999 Jan -18.4 Jan 1999 Oct 1998 -2.6
Feb # Feb 1999 Nov 1998 -1.5
Mar -9.4 Mar 1999 Dec 1998 -1.6
Apr -3.3 Apr 1999 Jan 1999 5.3
May -1.3 May 1999 Feb 1999 4.1
Jun -0.3 Jun 1999 Mar 1999 6.4
Jul 0.8 Jul 1999 Apr 1999 2.6
Aug 2.1 Aug 1999 May 1999 1.5
Sep 2.2 Sep 1999 Jun 1999 -1.9
Oct 3.4 Oct 1999 Jul 1999 -2.7
Nov 4.9 Nov 1999 Aug 1999 -1.4
Dec 5.8 Dec 1999 Sep 1999 0.9
2000 Jan 20.6 Jan 2000 Oct 1999 3.5
Feb 5.9 Feb 2000 Nov 1999 6.8
Mar 15.3 Mar 2000 Dec 1999 9.1
Notes :  @ The rate is calculated by comparing the monthly average index for the 3-month period ending the month in question with that for the preceding 3-month period, e.g. the rate for the 3 months ending Dec. 99 is the percentage change of the average monthly index for Oct., Nov. and Dec. 99 over the average monthly index for Jul., Aug. and Sep. 99.
# Denotes a figure within +0.05.
The underlined figures were rounded up to 5.

Last updated : 15 May 2000