Indonesia’s September Retail Sales Survey: Summary

Following is a summary of Indonesia’s September retail sales survey conducted by Bank Indonesia.

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                                Sept.    Aug.    July    June     May     Year
                                 2011    2011    2011    2011    2011      Ago
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                             -------------------- YoY% -----------------------
Overall                         18.1%   33.4%   23.8%   19.9%   16.0%    21.1%
 Food/Beverages/Tobacco         21.8%   29.5%   24.9%   22.6%   19.3%    22.6%
 Apparels                       44.9%   77.2%   62.2%   51.7%   51.5%    65.7%
 Household appliances           13.9%   24.5%   13.9%    7.5%   -3.2%    -3.0%
 Chemicals                      -9.5%    5.6%    6.6%    7.0%   -3.9%     1.3%
 Construction materials         10.6%   25.9%   17.3%   32.3%    6.1%    -6.4%
 Gasoline                        1.0%    2.1%   -6.4%   -4.0%   -5.7%    -6.8%
 Writing equipment               0.3%  -14.7%  -20.5%  -17.4%  -11.3%     8.0%
 Motor vehicles spare parts      1.8%    3.9%    4.0%    0.2%    0.0%    10.6%
 Handicrafts/Arts/Toys          -9.6%    7.4%    6.6%   -3.5%    1.9%    13.0%

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                                Sept.    Aug.    July    June     May     Year
                                 2011    2011    2011    2011    2011      Ago
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                             -------------------- MoM% -----------------------
Overall                         -9.7%   15.4%    7.7%    4.9%    4.5%     2.1%
 Food/Beverages/Tobacco         -7.7%   17.1%    2.3%    2.4%    2.7%    -1.9%
 Apparels                      -11.1%   29.4%   19.4%    2.5%    5.8%     8.8%
 Household appliances           -7.7%   14.2%    6.0%   12.1%    5.3%     1.0%
 Chemicals                     -13.5%   -1.3%    6.2%    8.2%    4.6%     1.0%
 Construction materials        -13.4%    6.2%   -6.9%   16.3%   13.1%    -1.4%
 Gasoline                       -3.6%    1.4%    0.4%    2.2%    3.6%    -2.6%
 Writing equipment               2.6%   -8.7%    1.1%    7.0%   -0.3%   -12.7%
 Motor vehicles spare parts     -5.8%   15.5%    2.0%    3.3%   -3.8%    -3.9%
 Handicrafts/Arts/Toys         -10.1%    6.7%    3.6%    2.5%    2.0%     6.9%
                             ---------------- Index Levels -------------------
Overall                         310.8   344.1   298.2   276.9   264.1    263.2
 Food/Beverages/Tobacco         395.8   428.9   366.1   357.8   349.3    325.0
 Apparels                       793.5   892.2   689.5   577.4   563.2    547.6
 Household appliances           223.8   242.3   212.3   200.3   178.7    196.5
 Chemicals                      309.4   357.6   362.4   341.2   315.3    342.1
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                                Sept.    Aug.    July    June     May     Year
                                 2011    2011    2011    2011    2011      Ago
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                             ---------------- Index Levels -------------------
 Construction materials         211.9   244.7   230.4   247.6   212.9    191.6
 Gasoline                       113.0   117.2   115.6   115.2   112.7    111.9
 Writing equipment              370.8   361.5   396.1   391.9   366.3    369.8
 Motor vehicles spare parts      31.4    33.4    28.9    28.3    27.4     30.9
 Handicrafts/Arts/Toys          311.7   346.6   324.8   313.7   306.0    345.0
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Note 1: Latest figures are preliminary and subject to revisions.
Note 2: The monthly survey is conducted from a sample of about 316
        retailers located in Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya
        and Medan.
Note 3: The composite index is constructed based on a weighted
        average of each item. The calculation of the real retail
        sales index uses CPI as a deflator.

Source: Bank Indonesia

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