Hongkong'S Clothing Retail Sales Increased By 3.7% In May.

< p > > a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_f.asp" > Hongkong < /a > the census and Statistics Department released the latest retail sales figures. The estimated value of total retail sales in May was 39 billion yuan, down 4.1% from the same month last year. The revision of the value of total retail sales in April is estimated to be 9.9% lower than the same period last year. < /p >
< p > compared with the same period last year, the value of total retail sales decreased by 0.2% in the first five months of this year. < /p >
< p > according to the main categories of stores, the value of goods sold in department stores increased by 2.3% in May. Followed by clothing (sales value increased by 3.7%); supermarket goods (up 6.4%); drugs and cosmetics (up 8%); food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco (up 6.5%); other unclassified consumer goods (up 5.6%); automotive and automotive parts (up 14.7%); fuel (up less than 0.05%); footwear, related products and other clothing accessories (up 13.7%); furniture and fixtures (up 1.6%); Chinese herbs (4.6%); and optical stores (up 15.1%). < /p >
< p > on the other hand, the sales value of < a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_z.asp" > jewellery < /a > watches and clocks and precious gifts decreased by 24.5% year-on-year. Secondly, electrical and photographic equipment (sales value decreased by 14.3%); miscellaneous durable consumer goods (down 7.8%); and newspapers, stationery and gifts (down 1.3%). < /p >
For the three months ending May, compared with the previous three months, the seasonally adjusted retail sales value decreased by 7.6%, while the seasonally adjusted total retail sales volume decreased by 8.9%. P < /p >
< p > government spokesman pointed out that retail sales in May fell again on a year-on-year basis, but the decrease was smaller than that of last month. It was mainly caused by a significant decline in sales of jewellery, watches and clocks and precious gifts. It is believed that the consumption of some of the major expensive items of visitors in Hong Kong has declined in a relatively high base compared to May last year. However, many other sales of goods which are more closely related to local consumption continue to grow year by year, reflecting the positive desire for local consumption under universal employment. < /p >
< p > related links: in 2014 1-5, the output value of Shishi garment industry was 10 billion < /p >
According to the statistics of Shishi statistical monthly 2014.05, 1-5, the clothing industry of above scale has achieved 11 billion 163 million 940 thousand yuan in industrial output value, an increase of 14.3%, an increase of 15.2% in sales value, 10.1% in the value of export delivery, and an increase in the two digit growth rate of 10% over the industrial output value, sales value and delivery value of exports. The above data indicate that the garment industry, as the pillar industry of Shishi, is still in the rising channel of healthy development. < /p >