Hongkong'S Clothing Sales Increased By 24.7% In July 2011.

The Hongkong government statistics was released in August 29th.

The estimated value of total retail sales in July 2011 was 35 billion 200 million yuan (HK $, the same below), an increase of 29.1% over the same month last year.

The total retail sales in July 2011 increased by 22.4% compared with the same month last year.

The price deflator used is selected from the relevant items in the consumer price index.

The revised value of total retail sales in June 2011 is estimated at 313.

Compared with the same period in 2010, the value of retail sales in the first seven months of 2011 rose by 25.1%, while the total volume of sales rose by 19.6%.

According to the main categories of stores, the number of sales of miscellaneous consumer durables increased by 84.6% in July 2011 compared with July 2010.

Followed by electrical and photographic equipment (retail sales increased by 73.3%), jewellery, watches and clocks and gifts (up 37%), clothing (up 24.7%), miscellaneous consumer goods (up 19.8%), department store products (up 19.2%), footwear, related products and other clothing accessories (up 17.8%), furniture and Fixtures (up 15.3%), and super

On the other hand, in July 2011, compared with the same month last year, the sales volume of food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco and motor vehicles and auto parts decreased by 6% and 5% respectively, while the number of fuel sales decreased by 0.9%.

As of the end of July 2011, the three months, compared with the previous three months, were seasonally.