Clothing Retail Sales In Hongkong Grew By 23.6% Year-On-Year In August

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Hongkong'S Clothing Retail Sales Grew Year-On-Year

Hong Kong Government

Directorate of Statistical Services

Announced in October 3rd, total retail sales in August.

value of sales of goods

It was 34 billion 300 million yuan, an annual increase of 29%.

After deducting the price fluctuation, the total sales volume increased by 20.7%.

In the 3 months ending August, the seasonally adjusted total retail sales volume increased by 3.5% over the quarter.

Monthly miscellaneous consumer durables

Quantity of sales

The largest increase was recorded in the 69.3% annual increase.

Sales of furniture and fixtures fell by 1.8%.

Other categories recorded include electrical and photographic equipment (53.7%), jewellery and clocks and gifts (33.6%), clothing (23.6%), department store products (17.3%), footwear and related products and other clothing accessories (16.4%), miscellaneous consumer goods (15.2%), automotive and automotive parts (14%), supermarket goods (5%), and fuel (2.6%).

In July, the total retail sales value was revised to $35 billion 200 million, an annual increase of 29.1%, while the total sales volume increased by 22.4%.

In the first 8 months of this year, the total retail sales value increased by 25.6% and the total sales volume increased by 19.7%.