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MNI China Data Table: Retail Sales By Category

                                  Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar
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Total Year-on-year               10.0  10.3  10.1  10.4  11.0  10.7  10.7  10.9
Year-to-date                     10.3  10.4  10.4  10.4  10.4  10.3  10.2  10.0
Month-on-month                   0.74  0.89  0.70  0.71  0.84  0.80  0.76  0.66
Urban retail sales                9.8  10.1   9.9  10.2  10.7  10.4  10.4  10.7
Rural retail sales               11.3  11.5  11.5  11.7  12.9  12.7  12.6  12.2
Grain & food oil                 10.1   8.0   8.5  10.7  10.9  14.4  12.6  12.0
Clothing                          8.0   6.2   8.9   6.4   7.3   8.0  10.0   6.4
Stationery                        6.4   4.4   5.8  10.8  16.4   5.0   3.8  17.2
Household non-durables            7.4   7.8   7.0   7.1  11.2   8.7   8.0   7.1
Home appliances                   5.4   6.8   8.4  13.1  13.3  13.6  10.2  12.4
Cosmetics                        16.1  13.4  14.7  12.7  17.0  12.9   7.7   8.7
Furniture                        10.0  15.5  11.3  12.4  14.8  13.5  13.9  13.8
Building & decoration materials   6.1   9.5   8.8  13.1  15.2  11.0  13.4  17.8
Gold, silver & jewellery          2.5   5.3   6.4   2.6   6.3   9.6   7.5   7.2
Communications equipment          2.1   3.8  12.2   7.9  18.5   1.9   6.1  11.6
Auto                              6.9   7.9   7.9   8.1   9.8   7.0   6.8   8.6
Oil & oil products                8.2   8.5   4.5   5.6   4.2   9.1  12.1  11.3
     All figures year-over-year percentage change unless otherwise specified.
     Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: beijing@mni-news.com
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: vince.morkri@marketnews.com
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