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

                                  Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr

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Total Year-on-year                8.0   7.2   8.2   7.5   7.6   9.8   8.6   7.2

Year-to-date                      8.0   8.1   7.8   8.2   8.3   8.4   8.1   8.0

Month-on-month                   0.80  0.48  0.71  0.68  0.22  0.90  0.66  0.42

Urban retail sales                7.9   7.0   7.5   7.2   7.4   9.8   8.5   7.1

Rural retail sales                9.1   8.6   9.0   8.9   8.6  10.1   9.0   7.8

Grain & food oil                  8.9   9.0  10.4  12.5   9.9   9.8  11.4   9.3

Clothing                          4.6  -0.8   3.6   5.2   2.9   5.2   4.1  -1.1

Stationery                        4.6  -3.4  -0.2  19.8  14.5   6.5   3.1   3.6

Household non-durables           17.5  12.0  12.0  13.0  13.0  12.3  11.4  12.6

Home appliances                   9.7   0.7   5.4   4.2   3.0   7.7   5.8   3.2

Cosmetics                        16.8   6.2  13.4  12.8   9.4  22.5  16.7   6.7

Furniture                         6.5   1.8   6.3   5.7   6.3   8.3   6.1   4.2

Building & decoration materials  -0.3   2.6   4.2   5.9   0.4   1.1  -1.1  -0.3

Gold, silver & jewellery         -1.1  -4.5  -6.6  -7.0  -1.6   7.8   4.7   0.4

Communications equipment         12.1  22.9   8.4   3.5   1.0   5.9   6.7   2.1

Auto                             -1.8  -3.3  -2.2  -8.1  -2.6  17.2   2.1  -2.1

Oil & oil products                0.5  -4.5  -0.4  -1.2  -1.1   3.5   3.1   0.1

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

     Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China

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