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MNI DATA TABLE: China Retail Sales By Category

                                Apr   Mar  Jan-Feb   Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug
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Total Year-on-year              9.4  10.1      9.7   9.4  10.2  10.0  10.3  10.1
Year-to-date                    9.7   9.8      9.7  10.2  10.3  10.3  10.4  10.4
Month-on-month                 0.66  0.71       na  0.67  0.76  0.79  0.89  0.82
Urban retail sales              9.2   9.9      9.6   9.3   9.9   9.8  10.1   9.9
Rural retail sales             10.6  10.9     10.7  10.1  11.7  11.3  11.5  11.5
Grain & food oil                8.0  11.2      9.7   9.7   7.5  10.1   8.0   8.5
Clothing                        9.2  14.8      7.7   9.7   9.5   8.0   6.2   8.9
Stationery                     18.3  12.6     -0.9  12.7   9.5   6.4   4.4   5.8
Household non-durables         12.0  16.9     10.1   5.4   7.9   7.4   7.8   7.0
Home appliances                 6.7  15.4      9.2   8.7   8.4   5.4   6.8   8.4
Cosmetics                      15.1  22.7     12.5  13.8  21.4  16.1  13.4  14.7
Furniture                       8.1  10.9      8.5  12.5  11.9  10.0  15.5  11.3
Building & decoration
materials                      11.4  10.2      6.8   5.2   3.6   6.1   9.5   8.8
Gold, silver & jewellery        5.9  20.4      3.0   0.4   4.4   2.5   5.3   6.4
Communications equipment       10.8   1.6     10.7  13.4  33.9   2.1   3.8  12.2
Auto                            3.5   3.5      9.7   2.2   4.2   6.9   7.9   7.9
Oil & oil products             13.3   9.1      9.1  10.6  10.4   8.2   8.5   4.5
All figures year-over-year percentage change unless otherwise specified.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
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