Macau saw its value of retail sales in 2007 grow 33 percent compared with 2006, according to official statistics released on Wednesday. With notable increases in the sales of watches, clocks and jewelry (up 54 percent), adults’ clothing (up 39 percent), goods in department stores (up 30 percent), and motor vehicles (up 30 percent), the total value of retail sales for the whole year of 2007 reached 14.2 billion patacas (US$1.8 billion), said the Statistics and Census Service of the Special Administrative Region.

 

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via Shanghai Daily: Business by on 2/22/08