MNI DATA TABLE: China Retail Sales By Category (Jun 2020)

                            Jun    May    Apr    Mar  Jan-Feb    Dec   Nov   Oct

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Total Year-on-year         -1.8   -2.8   -7.5  -15.8    -20.5    8.0   8.0   7.2

Year-to-date              -11.4  -13.5  -16.2  -19.0    -20.5    8.0   8.0   8.1

Month-on-month             1.34   0.85   0.94   0.92      N/A   0.80  0.93  0.63

Urban retail sales         -2.0   -2.8   -7.5  -15.9    -20.7    7.8   7.9   7.0

Rural retail sales         -1.2   -3.2   -7.7  -15.1    -19.0    9.1   9.1   8.6

Grain & food oil           10.5   11.4   18.2   19.2      9.7    9.7   8.9   9.0

Clothing                   -0.1   -0.6  -18.5  -34.8    -30.9    1.9   4.6  -0.8

Stationery                  8.1    1.9    6.5    6.1     -8.9  -11.5   4.6  -3.4

Household non-durables     16.9   17.3    8.3    0.3     -6.6   13.9  17.5  12.0

Home appliances             9.8    4.3   -8.5  -29.7    -30.0    2.7   9.7   0.7

Cosmetics                  20.5   12.9    3.5  -11.6    -14.1   11.9  16.8   6.2

Furniture                  -1.4    3.0   -5.4  -22.7    -33.5    1.8   6.5   1.8

Building & decoration

materials                   2.2    1.9   -5.8  -13.9    -30.5    0.6  -0.3   2.6

Gold, silver & jewellery   -6.8   -3.9  -12.1  -30.1    -41.1    3.7  -1.1  -4.5

Communications equipment   18.8   11.4   12.2    6.5     -8.8    8.8  12.1  22.9

Auto                       -8.2    3.5    0.0  -18.1    -37.0    1.8  -1.8  -3.3

Oil & oil products        -13.0  -14.0  -14.1  -18.8    -26.2    4.0   0.5  -4.5

     * The 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

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