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

                              Mar  Jan-Feb*   Dec    Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul

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Total Year-on-year            8.7       8.2   8.2    8.1   8.6   9.2   9.0   8.8

Year-to-date                  8.3       8.2   9.0    9.1   9.2   9.3   9.3   9.3

Month-on-month               0.91        --  0.76   0.72  0.82  0.67  0.70  0.71

Urban retail sales            8.5       8.0   8.0    7.9   8.4   9.0   8.8   8.6

Rural retail sales            9.4       9.1   9.3    9.3   9.7  10.5  10.2  10.1

Grain & food oil             11.8      10.1  11.3   10.6   7.7  13.6  10.1   9.5

Clothing                      6.6       1.8   7.4    5.5   4.7   9.0   7.0   8.7

Stationery                   -4.0       8.8  -4.0   -0.4  -3.3   4.9   5.4   1.8

Household non-durables       16.6      15.9  16.8   16.0  10.2  17.4  15.8  11.3

Home appliances              15.2       3.3  13.9   12.5   4.8   5.7   4.8   0.6

Cosmetics                    14.4       8.9   1.9    4.4   6.4   7.7   7.8   7.8

Furniture                    12.8       0.7  12.7    8.0   9.5   9.9   9.5  11.1

Building & decoration

materials                    10.8       6.6   8.6    9.8   8.5   8.4   7.9   5.4

Gold, silver & jewelry       -1.2       4.4   2.3    5.6   4.7  11.6  14.1   8.2

Communications equipment     13.8       8.2  -0.9   -5.9   7.1  16.9   6.4   9.6

Auto                         -4.4      -2.8  -8.5  -10.0  -6.4  -7.1  -3.2  -2.0

Oil & oil products            7.1       2.5   5.8    8.5  17.1  19.2  19.6  18.4

*NBS didn't release breakdowns for January and February

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

     Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China

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