Provisional statistics of retail sales for September 2026
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released the latest figures on retail sales today (November 3). The value of total retail sales in September 2026, provisionally estimated at $33.4 billion, increased by 6.4% compared with the same month in 2025. The revised estimate of the value of total retail sales in August 2026 increased by 5.6% compared with a year earlier. For the first 9 months of 2026 taken together, it was provisionally estimated that the value of total retail sales increased by 8.3% compared with the same period in 2025. Of the total retail sales value in September 2026, online sales accounted for 13.1%. The value of online retail sales in that month, provisionally estimated at $4.4 billion, increased by 12.0% compared with the same month in 2025. The revised estimate of online retail sales in August 2026 increased by 9.9% compared with a year earlier. For the first 9 months of 2026 taken together, it was provisionally estimated that the value of online retail sales increased by 21.2% compared with the same period in 2025. After netting out the effect of price changes over the same period, the provisional estimate of the volume of total retail sales in Septembe
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