Nov 2 - Hong Kong's retail sales totalled a provisional HK$21.41 billion in September, up 2.4 percent in value from a year earlier and up 1.0 percent by volume, Census and Statistics Department figures showed on Monday.
The following are provisional percentage changes in the value and volume of retail sales by item:
Hong Kong retail sales (percent change on a year earlier): VALUE
Sep Aug Total 2.4 -0.1^ Food, alcohol, tobacco 7.2 -0.5^ Fuels -4.2 -9.5^ Clothing, footwear 1.0 1.1 Jewellery, clocks, watches, valuables 7.4 6.3^ Consumer durables:
Motor vehicles, parts -8.4 -28.7^
Furniture, fixtures 1.1 0.2^
Other 0.5 1.0^ Supermarkets 0.6 0.9 Department stores 4.1 4.1^ VOLUME
Sep Aug Total 1.0 -0.9^ Food, alcohol, tobacco 5.9 -2.8^ Fuels 11.6 7.5^ Clothing, footwear -4.2 -1.2^ Jewellery, clocks, watches, valuables 2.7 3.7^ Consumer durables:
Motor vehicles, parts -7.8 -28.9^
Furniture, fixtures -1.3 -2.1^
Other 2.3 3.1^ Supermarkets -3.0 -1.7 Department stores 1.9 4.3^ ^ Revised
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