MNI DATA TABLE: China Jan-Feb Retail Sales By Category

                               Jan-Feb   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun

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Total Year-on-year                 9.7   9.4  10.2  10.0  10.3  10.1  10.4  11.0

Year-to-date                       9.7  10.2  10.3  10.3  10.4  10.4  10.4  10.4

Month-on-month                      na  0.72  0.81  0.72  0.86  0.75  0.71  0.86

Urban retail sales                 9.6   9.3   9.9   9.8  10.1   9.9  10.2  10.7

Rural retail sales                10.7  10.1  11.7  11.3  11.5  11.5  11.7  12.9

Grain & food oil                   9.7   9.7   7.5  10.1   8.0   8.5  10.7  10.9

Clothing                           7.7   9.7   9.5   8.0   6.2   8.9   6.4   7.3

Stationery                        -0.9  12.7   9.5   6.4   4.4   5.8  10.8  16.4

Household non-durables            10.1   5.4   7.9   7.4   7.8   7.0   7.1  11.2

Home appliances                    9.2   8.7   8.4   5.4   6.8   8.4  13.1  13.3

Cosmetics                         12.5  13.8  21.4  16.1  13.4  14.7  12.7  17.0

Furniture                          8.5  12.5  11.9  10.0  15.5  11.3  12.4  14.8

Building & decoration

materials                          6.8   5.2   3.6   6.1   9.5   8.8  13.1  15.2

Gold, silver & jewellery           3.0   0.4   4.4   2.5   5.3   6.4   2.6   6.3

Communications equipment          10.7  13.4  33.9   2.1   3.8  12.2   7.9  18.5

Auto                               9.7   2.2   4.2   6.9   7.9   7.9   8.1   9.8

Oil & oil products                 9.1  10.6  10.4   8.2   8.5   4.5   5.6   4.2

All figures year-over-year percentage change unless otherwise specified.

Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China

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