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MNI DATA TABLE: China Retail Sales By Category (Aug 2019)

                               Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar  Jan-Feb*   Dec
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Total Year-on-year             7.5   7.6   9.8   8.6   7.2   8.7       8.2   8.2
Year-to-date                   8.2   8.3   8.4   8.1   8.0   8.3       8.2   9.0
Month-on-month                0.66  0.21  0.89  0.65  0.40  0.92        --  0.65
Urban retail sales             7.2   7.4   9.8   8.5   7.1   8.5       8.0   8.0
Rural retail sales             8.9   8.6  10.1   9.0   7.8   9.4       9.1   9.3
Grain & food oil              12.5   9.9   9.8  11.4   9.3  11.8      10.1  11.3
Clothing                       5.2   2.9   5.2   4.1  -1.1   6.6       1.8   7.4
Stationery                    19.8  14.5   6.5   3.1   3.6  -4.0       8.8  -4.0
Household non-durables        13.0  13.0  12.3  11.4  12.6  16.6      15.9  16.8
Home appliances                4.2   3.0   7.7   5.8   3.2  15.2       3.3  13.9
Cosmetics                     12.8   9.4  22.5  16.7   6.7  14.4       8.9   1.9
Furniture                      5.7   6.3   8.3   6.1   4.2  12.8       0.7  12.7
Building & decoration
materials                      5.9   0.4   1.1  -1.1  -0.3  10.8       6.6   8.6
Gold, silver & jewellery      -7.0  -1.6   7.8   4.7   0.4  -1.2       4.4   2.3
Communications equipment       3.5   1.0   5.9   6.7   2.1  13.8       8.2  -0.9
Auto                          -8.1  -2.6  17.2   2.1  -2.1  -4.4      -2.8  -8.5
Oil & oil products            -1.2  -1.1   3.5   3.1   0.1   7.1       2.5   5.8
*NBS did not release breakdowns for January and February
     All figures year-on-year percentage change unless otherwise specified.
     Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
--MNI Sydney Bureau; +61 405322399; email: lachlan.colquhoun.ext@marketnews.com
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