{"version":"1","article":{"id":"hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","slug":"hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026?lang=en","title":"Hong Kong retail sales rise 5.6% year on year in August","summary":"Hong Kong C&SD provisionally estimated August 2026 retail sales at HK$32.1 billion, up 5.6% year on year; volume rose 2.9% after price effects. Online sales increased 9.9%, while the seasonally adjusted three-month comparison declined.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:06+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:06+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department — Provisional statistics of retail sales for August 2026","url":"https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202610/02/P2026100200324p.htm","publishedAt":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"},{"name":"C&SD Report on Monthly Survey of Retail Sales, August 2026 (release date 2 October 2026)","url":"https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/wbr/B1080003/B10800032026MM08/att/en/B10800032026MM08.pdf","publishedAt":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"hong-kong-retail-sales-august-2026","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Hong Kong perakende satış göstergeleri — Ağustos 2026","en":"Hong Kong retail sales indicators — August 2026","ar":"مؤشرات مبيعات التجزئة في هونغ كونغ — أغسطس 2026","fr":"Indicateurs des ventes au détail à Hong Kong — août 2026","es":"Indicadores de ventas minoristas de Hong Kong — agosto de 2026"},"description":{"tr":"Geçici Ağustos verileri ve Ocak-Ağustos birikimli büyüme; satış değeri ile fiyat etkisinden arındırılmış hacim ayrı gösterilir.","en":"Provisional August data and cumulative January–August growth; sales value and price-adjusted volume are distinct measures.","ar":"بيانات أغسطس المؤقتة والنمو التراكمي من يناير إلى أغسطس؛ قيمة المبيعات والحجم المعدل للأسعار مقياسان منفصلان.","fr":"Données provisoires d’août et croissance cumulée de janvier à août ; valeur et volume corrigé des prix sont distincts.","es":"Datos provisionales de agosto y crecimiento acumulado de enero a agosto; valor y volumen ajustado por precios son medidas distintas."},"methodology":{"tr":"Aylık satış değerlerinin yıllık değişimi ve birikimli karşılaştırması; çevrimiçi payı; resmi bültendeki mevsimsel düzeltilmiş 3 aylık dönem değişimi. Satış değeri nominaldir; hacim fiyat düzeltmesi ve zincirleme endeks yaklaşımı kullanır. Üç aylık mevsimsel değişim, yıllık oranla aynı değildir. Değerler geçicidir.","en":"Year-on-year monthly sales value and cumulative comparisons; online share; and the seasonally adjusted three-month change reported by C&SD. Sales value is nominal; volume uses price adjustment and a chain-linked index approach. The seasonally adjusted three-month comparison is not the same as the annual rate. Figures are provisional.","ar":"مقارنة قيمة المبيعات الشهرية سنوياً وتراكمياً، وحصة الإنترنت، والتغير لثلاثة أشهر المعدل موسمياً وفق نشرة الدائرة. القيمة اسمية؛ ويستخدم الحجم تعديلاً للأسعار ومؤشراً متسلسلاً. المقارنة الموسمية لثلاثة أشهر ليست المعدل السنوي نفسه. الأرقام مؤقتة.","fr":"Comparaisons annuelles mensuelles et cumulées de la valeur, part en ligne et variation corrigée sur trois mois selon le C&SD. La valeur est nominale ; le volume ajuste les prix avec un indice chaîné. La comparaison corrigée sur trois mois diffère du taux annuel. Données provisoires.","es":"Comparaciones interanuales mensuales y acumuladas del valor, proporción en línea y cambio ajustado de tres meses según C&SD. El valor es nominal; el volumen ajusta precios con un índice encadenado. La comparación ajustada de tres meses difiere de la tasa anual. Datos provisionales."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202610/02/P2026100200324p.htm","https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/wbr/B1080003/B10800032026MM08/att/en/B10800032026MM08.pdf"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-04T01:22:00Z","items":[{"label":{"tr":"Satış değeri yıllık değişimi","en":"Retail sales value, year-on-year change","ar":"التغير السنوي في قيمة المبيعات","fr":"Variation annuelle de la valeur des ventes","es":"Cambio interanual del valor de las ventas"},"value":5.6,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-08","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"retail-sales-value-yoy","unitCode":"percent","geography":"hong-kong","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Satış hacmi yıllık değişimi","en":"Retail sales volume, year-on-year change","ar":"التغير السنوي في حجم المبيعات","fr":"Variation annuelle du volume des ventes","es":"Cambio interanual del volumen de 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That was 5.6% above August 2025. The value measure reflects receipts in current money; the department’s price-adjusted volume estimate increased by 2.9% year on year. The distinction matters: a change in sales value combines changes in the quantity of goods sold and their prices, while the volume index attempts to remove price effects. Both August figures are provisional, and the department says preliminary monthly results are normally released about one month after the reference month, followed by revisions about two months after it.","The latest report also gives context beyond the headline. July’s total value growth was revised to 4.5% year on year. Over January to August combined, the provisional value of sales was 8.5% higher than in the same eight months of 2025; the corresponding volume increase was 6.1%. Online retail was estimated at HK$2.8 billion in August, equal to 8.7% of all retail sales value and 9.9% higher than a year earlier. For the first eight months, online sales value was up 23.0%. These are nominal value comparisons except where volume is explicitly stated, so online sales growth should not be read as an equivalent increase in the quantity of goods purchased.","The report’s outlet breakdown shows an uneven pattern. Compared with August 2025, sales value rose 29.1% at outlets selling electrical goods and other consumer durable goods not elsewhere classified, 11.9% for jewellery, watches, clocks and valuable gifts, 11.2% for books, newspapers, stationery and gifts, and 9.6% for other consumer goods not elsewhere classified. Sales in supermarkets increased 2.1%; medicines and cosmetics rose 5.6%, while food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco increased 1.9%. In contrast, motor vehicles and parts fell 22.0%, fuels 11.7%, Chinese drugs and herbs 6.0%, department-store commodities 2.6% and wearing apparel 0.5%. These categories classify retail outlets by their principal activity, not every individual commodity sold inside them. The figures therefore should not be interpreted as complete product-market totals.","A different short-term signal comes from the seasonally adjusted series. Comparing the three months ending August with the preceding three-month period, the provisional value index fell 4.6% and the volume index fell 3.4%. This is not the same comparison as the 5.6% and 2.9% year-on-year rates: one compares adjacent three-month windows after seasonal adjustment, and the other compares August with August a year earlier using the original monthly series. The department says it applies the X-12 ARIMA method to estimate seasonal factors and that seasonally adjusted values can be revised as more observations arrive. The report uses an index reference average of October 2019 to September 2020 equal to 100; an index level is not a currency amount.","C&SD compiles these statistics from its Monthly Survey of Retail Sales, covering local retail companies with and without physical shops and sales through both conventional and online channels. The measure concerns receipts from goods sold by local retailers. It excludes services such as housing, catering, transport, health, education, finance and entertainment, which together account for more than half of overall consumer spending. It includes goods bought in Hong Kong by visitors but excludes purchases made abroad by Hong Kong residents. For that reason, retail sales are not a complete measure of household consumption; the department points readers to private consumption expenditure for a broader goods-and-services measure. The headline indicates growth in this defined retail-goods series, not a comprehensive verdict on household spending or the whole economy."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Hong Kong C&SD provisionally estimated August 2026 retail sales at HK$32.1 billion, up 5.6% year on year; volume rose 2.9% after price effects. Online sales increased 9.9%, while the seasonally adjusted three-month comparison declined.\n\nHong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) put the provisional value of retail sales in August 2026 at HK$32.059 billion, rounded in its release to HK$32.1 billion. That was 5.6% above August 2025. The value measure reflects receipts in current money; the department’s price-adjusted volume estimate increased by 2.9% year on year. The distinction matters: a change in sales value combines changes in the quantity of goods sold and their prices, while the volume index attempts to remove price effects. Both August figures are provisional, and the department says preliminary monthly results are normally released about one month after the reference month, followed by revisions about two months after it.\n\nThe latest report also gives context beyond the headline. July’s total value growth was revised to 4.5% year on year. Over January to August combined, the provisional value of sales was 8.5% higher than in the same eight months of 2025; the corresponding volume increase was 6.1%. Online retail was estimated at HK$2.8 billion in August, equal to 8.7% of all retail sales value and 9.9% higher than a year earlier. For the first eight months, online sales value was up 23.0%. These are nominal value comparisons except where volume is explicitly stated, so online sales growth should not be read as an equivalent increase in the quantity of goods purchased.\n\nThe report’s outlet breakdown shows an uneven pattern. Compared with August 2025, sales value rose 29.1% at outlets selling electrical goods and other consumer durable goods not elsewhere classified, 11.9% for jewellery, watches, clocks and valuable gifts, 11.2% for books, newspapers, stationery and gifts, and 9.6% for other consumer goods not elsewhere classified. Sales in supermarkets increased 2.1%; medicines and cosmetics rose 5.6%, while food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco increased 1.9%. In contrast, motor vehicles and parts fell 22.0%, fuels 11.7%, Chinese drugs and herbs 6.0%, department-store commodities 2.6% and wearing apparel 0.5%. These categories classify retail outlets by their principal activity, not every individual commodity sold inside them. The figures therefore should not be interpreted as complete product-market totals.\n\nA different short-term signal comes from the seasonally adjusted series. Comparing the three months ending August with the preceding three-month period, the provisional value index fell 4.6% and the volume index fell 3.4%. This is not the same comparison as the 5.6% and 2.9% year-on-year rates: one compares adjacent three-month windows after seasonal adjustment, and the other compares August with August a year earlier using the original monthly series. The department says it applies the X-12 ARIMA method to estimate seasonal factors and that seasonally adjusted values can be revised as more observations arrive. The report uses an index reference average of October 2019 to September 2020 equal to 100; an index level is not a currency amount.\n\nC&SD compiles these statistics from its Monthly Survey of Retail Sales, covering local retail companies with and without physical shops and sales through both conventional and online channels. The measure concerns receipts from goods sold by local retailers. It excludes services such as housing, catering, transport, health, education, finance and entertainment, which together account for more than half of overall consumer spending. It includes goods bought in Hong Kong by visitors but excludes purchases made abroad by Hong Kong residents. For that reason, retail sales are not a complete measure of household consumption; the department points readers to private consumption expenditure for a broader goods-and-services measure. The headline indicates growth in this defined retail-goods series, not a comprehensive verdict on household spending or the whole economy.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}