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Clothing and shoe sales rise in Hong Kong

02/09/2008

Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department has released the latest retail sales figures for July.

The value of total retail sales for the month has been provisionally estimated at $24.2 billion, up 13.8% year-on-year, while the volume increased by 6.6%. The sectors contributing to sales growth include clothing (+5.4%) and footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories (+3.3%).

The revised estimate for June recorded total retail sales of $22.2 billion, an 11.7% rise compared with June 2007, while the volume rose 4.1%.

Total retail sales for the first seven months of 2008 increased 15.6% in value and 8.9% in volume compared with the same period last year.

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